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What disease that results when the pancreas does not produce sufficient insulin?
diabetes
What is the general term for glands that secrete their products to the outside of the body?
exocrine glands
What is the common name for epinephrine?
adrenaline
stimulates the body to repair itself following an injury or stress
cortisol
What thyroid hormone that regulates general activities related to metabolism and oxidation?
thyroxine
melatonin
melatonin
What condition that is the result of a lack of iodine, causing the thyroid gland to enlarge?
goiter
speeds up heartbeat and increases supply of blood to skeletal muscles

epinephrine
What hormone that signals the liver and muscles to remove glucose from the blood and store it as glycogen?
insulin
growth hormone, secreted by the pituitary gland
somatotropin