Pituitary gland

Demount Williams 23 carnell's first cousin elaine's brother Brookhaven Mississippi; a small southern town The ending of june and beginning of july Well i'm going to sell it. I'm going to sell this house and every stick of furniture in it. And i don't want to hear anything from you bout it. Its mine; its been given to me. And i'm not going to feel sorry for you just because you went and dyed your hair fire engine red. As the Miss Firecracker contest opens, Carnelle Scott is practicing her…

INTRODUCTION Around the world, millions of children are experiencing loss and abuse, and its effects. Experiencing loss and abuse as a child are types of childhood trauma. Childhood trauma, according to the National Institute of Mental health is, “The experiences of an event by a child that is emotionally painful or distressful, which often results in lasting mental and physical effects”[1]. Abuse and loss can lead to childhood trauma depending on how influential they are as well as how well…

Ever since I began weightlifting this past year, I have always been curious about anabolic steroids and what effects they might have combined with my weightlifting. Despite looking at the negative side of anabolic steroids, I figured I would do some research to find out what could possibly happen to my body if I ever took them. All I knew about them prior to this research was the external effects they had on the human body such as increased muscle growth and acne. Upon my research, I found that…

the bad. Since the ratio for LDL will be higher than HDL, this will increase the risk of arteriosclerosis and other heart diseases. Wild mood swings may also occur which is commonly known as “steroid rage”. Growth hormone is produced by the pituitary gland and it is used to increase growth in children and adolescents. This hormone is widely found in a number of prescription drugs in order to regulate body composition, body fluids, muscle and bone growth. It can also be used for sugar…

anything, he asked a mutual friend for my dad’s phone number and called him the next day. Dr. Dyer said that it was incredibly unlikely, but there was a chance the symptoms that my dad had explained to my mom were the product of a tumor in his pituitary gland. My dad was understandably concerned and went into the doctor the next day to get a brain scan and an exam to determine if a tumor was present. The scan came up, and the doctor caught his breath. The scan showed a tumor that was bigger than…

mental health and the way in which the mind can cope under the pressure. • Chemical imbalances: Stress triggers a release of chemicals which can make one tired and easily irritable; this is due to the imbalance of hormones released from the paturaty glands. • Thought process and sociability decline: When under stress many people become distracted of forgetful easily this is because the brain is linked to these functions. Stress triggers an enzyme which attacks a molecule in the hippocampus in…

Stressed lifestyle and personality are some of the psychological factors that influence health and behaviour in our lives. However, our response to stressors determines our ability to control and manage or develop illness out of the stress. “Stress is experienced when a person’s perceived environmental, social, and physical demands exceed their perceived ability to cope, particularly when these demands are seen as endangering the person’s well-being in some way” (Cardwell & Flanagan, 2012).…

Major functions of circulatory system- To move blood and lymph throughout the body. Diagram that includes the major parts - heart, artery, vein, capillary - and list the function(s) of each.The heart's function is to pump blood throughout the body the Arteries function is to carry blood away from the heart Vein- returning deoxygenated blood back to the heart after arteries takes the blood out. the function of the Capillary is to move oxygen and other nutrients from the bloodstream to other…

Task 1 Homeostasis is the ability of the body to maintain a constant internal environment within narrow limits. The word homeo means it is unchanging and stasis means it is staying still; it has three main elements that are a sense organ to detect change, a control centre that is usually from the brain or spinal cord and a responding organ to effect a change in conditions. The factors that homeostasis controls in our body are our body temperatures, water content, carbon dioxide levels and our…

Article: This article examines how peer pressure can positively and negatively affect a teen 's behavior and why teens are "especially sensitive to peer influence." Apparently there is a biological reason for this, and it involves dopamine, a chemical that "helps transmit signals in the brain that make people feel happy." In adolescents, the number of brain receptors with dopamine is very high, so when a teen gets rewarded with a compliment or positive feedback, "the reward center reacts more…