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Endocrine System
Sports Medicine
Term | Definition |
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hypothalamus(slower) | located at the base of the brain, helps to release growth hormones and stimulate the pituitary gland |
pituitary gland(growth) | pea sizes tissue located near the hypothalamus in the brain, stimulates hormones that help w/ contractions for child birth and milk production, stimulate thyroid gland, stimulates adrenal gland, growth hormone |
pineal gland(sleep) | produces melatonin to help w/ the sleepwake cycle, only produced in low light enviroments to help you get sleepy, pine-cone shaped mass in the brain |
thyroid gland | butterfly |