Sentences with phrase «major glands in the body»

If it has been awhile since biology class, the endocrine system is made up of the eight major glands in the body that produce hormones.

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Protein molecules compose many of the major elements of our body, and dark proteins — those with completely unknown structure — are abundant in skin and hair, and glands that make saliva, semen, and milk.

The research team's new process is the first major step toward helping more than 4 million people in the U.S. with a degenerative autoimmune disease called Sjögren's syndrome, in which the body attacks its own tear ducts and salivary glands.

In these hubs, connections (synapses) are made which then distribute the nerves to major organs, glands, and other parts of the body.

The thyroid gland may be small, but it has a major influence on multiple processes in our body in both direct and indirect manner.

Cortisol is a steroid hormone that is secreted by the adrenal glands and has two major functions in the body: stimulating the breakdown of protein and fat to provide metabolites that can be converted to glucose in the liver and also, reacting in response to stress.

The adrenal glands are a pair of small pyramid shaped hormone producing glands which live on top of your kidneys, they are very close to the major artery of your body, the aorta, where they can produce immediate responses by delivering hormones rapidly in to the circulatory system.

Every cell in the human body contains protein: it is a major part of our skin, muscles, organs, and glands.

By Mary - Ann Shearer Where and what is the Thyroid Gland The Thyroid is wrapped around your larynx (voice box) in a butterfly shape and is involved in a variety of functions in the body, the major ones being regulating Basal Metabolic Rate (which will affect your body weight), temperature regulation, metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and fats, -LSB-...]