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ch 11
thymus
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| thymosin | hormone of thymus |
| funct of thymosin | development and funct of immune sys, more active in kids, in mediastinum in immune sys., HELPS T CELLS MATURE |
| T cells | fight infection |
| placenta | temporary, forms during pregnancy |
| if HGC decreases | a miscarriage can happen |
| placenta hormones | chrionic gonadotropins- early and important, estrogen, and progesterone- maintains pregnancy |
| funct of placenta hormones | maintains corpus luteum |
| pineal gland | deep in brain, sleep/ wake cycle, melatonin |
| pineal gland relation to ovaries | pineal gland can inhibit overian activity |