A and feet with two primary papillae on the anterior side and one on the posterior side; outer jaw with one minor tooth at the base of the main tooth, inner jaw with no interval between the large tooth and the series of small ones; last fully developed leg of the male with enlarged crural gland opening on a large papilla placed on its ventral surface; coxal organs absent; the nephridial openings of the 4th and 5th pairs of legs are placed in the proximal spinous pad.
A careful balancing of all of the hormones produced by the pituitary gland is necessary for patients with panhypopituitarism, making this form of dwarfism complex and difficult to manage.
A child who is dehydrated due to diabetes, kidney disease, or adrenal gland disorders must receive treatment for these conditions as well as for the resulting dehydration.
A gland and tuft are present on the skin of the outer side of the upper part of the hind cannon-bone; but, unlike American deer, there is no gland on the inner side of the hock.
A hormone is a chemical substance that is produced in a special tissue within a gland.
A pair of large glandular outgrowths, the so-called " liver " or great digestive gland, exists as in other Molluscs.
A perforated spur, with a special secreting gland in connexion with it, is found attached to each hind-leg of the males of the existing species of Monotremata.
A salivary gland degenerates when its nerve-supply is cut off; and the nerves leading up to the symmetrical sloughs in Raynaud's disease have been found in an advanced state of degeneration (Affleck and Wiglesworth).
A salivary gland degenerates when its nerve-supply is cut off.
A slight change in the structure or activity of a gland, by altering the internal secretion, may produce widespread alterations even in an adult organism; and we have good reason to suppose that, if compatible with viability, such minute changes would have even a greater ultimate effect if they occurred in an embryo.
A sty, or external hordeolum, is a common childhood infection of an oil gland on the surface of the upper or lower eyelids at the base of the eyelash.
A, prosomatic gastric gland (sometimes called salivary).
A. The pancreas is a long secreting gland situated at the back of the abdomen, adjacent to the stomach.
Accordingly the liquid extracts of the gland, or the gland substance itself compressed into tablets, have become largely used in the treatment of the disorder.
Acne is common during puberty, when hormonal changes signal the sebaceous gland to make more oil.
Acromegaly is a disease in which an abnormality in the pituitary gland leads to an oversecretion of growth hormone.
Acromegaly is a disorder in which the abnormal release of a particular chemical from the pituitary gland in the brain causes increased growth in bone and soft tissue, as well as a variety of other disturbances throughout the body.
Addison's disease is a condition that interferes with the adrenal gland's ability to produce certain hormones.
Adrenal gland-A small gland located above the kidney (one on each side) that secretes various hormones.
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-Also called adrenocorticotropin or corticotropin, this hormone is produced by the pituitary gland to stimulate the adrenal cortex to release various corticosteroid hormones.
Advances in heart surgery indicate that the prognosis is most closely linked to the severity of the heart defects and the partial presence of the thymus gland.
Advantages Hormone therapy shrinks the prostate gland and can be used to reduce the size of the gland before brachytherapy.
All malignant salivary gland tumors expressed similar intense HA in tumor stroma.
All of them are derived from the bone marrow but T cells undergo a process of maturation in the thymus gland.
All of these growth factors may be evaluated in order to understand hormone deficiencies or gland dysfunction when growth deficiencies are suspected.
An adult whose heart, kidneys, and pituitary gland are functioning properly would have to drink more than two gallons of water a day to develop water intoxication.
An ectodemic invagination forms a large mucous gland on the foot, which is more or less atrophied in adult life.
An enlarged thyroid gland, seen as a bulge in the neck, should be examined by a doctor.
Another endocrine disorder that can interfere with growth is hypothyroidism, a condition resulting from insufficient activity of the thyroid gland.
Antihistamines can make certain conditions worse, such as glaucoma and enlarged prostate gland.
Appendages of 1st pair consisting of three segments, completely chelate, without poison gland; of 2nd pair slender, leg-like, tipped with three claws, the basal segment without sterno-coxal process taking no share in mastication, and widely separated from its fellow of the opposite side; 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th appendages similar in form to the 2nd and to each other.
Appendages of 1st pair have two segments, as in Pedipalpi, but are furnished with poison gland, and are retroverts.
As a result, the thyroid gland becomes enlarged.
As darkness approaches, the hormone melatonin is secreted by the pineal gland and signals the brain that it is time to sleep.
As each genital gland enlarges it remains attached to the rest of the intermediate cell mass by a constricted fold of the coelomic membrane, known as the mesorchium in the male, and the mesovarium in the female.
At the same time other symptoms, such as exophthalmos, may appear, which have an independent origin and are not due to the secretion of the gland.
Autonomic nervous system-The part of the nervous system that controls so-called involuntary functions, such as heart rate, salivary gland secretion, respiratory function, and pupil dilation.
B, Digestive gland from interior A, B, and C magnified about of pitcher, in pocket-like deI oo diameters.
B, Sole of the foot of Pyrula tuba, to show a, the pore usually said to be " aquiferous " but probably the orifice of a gland; b, median line of foot.
Bacteria may live on the eyelids or eyelash hair follicles themselves and begin to grow when the oil gland of a hair follicle becomes blocked.
Because cortisol production is impeded, the adrenal gland over-produces androgens (male steroid hormones).
Because of its critical role in producing hGH and other hormones, a dysfunctional pituitary gland will often lead to altered growth.
But, on the other hand, the vital spirits cause a movement in the gland by which the mind perceives the affection of the organs, learns that something is to be loved or hated, admired or shunned.
By analogy, acinus is applied in anatomy to similar granules or glands, or lobules of a gland.
By doing so the ovaries communicate back to the pituitary gland that the egg follicles have been stimulated and FSH production slows down.
Chalazion-A condition in which clogging of the Meibomiam gland causes a cyst inside the eyelid.
Checking for the presence of radioactive iodine in the thyroid gland.
Congenital hypothyroidism is a disorder that affects infants from birth, resulting from the loss of thyroid function due to the failure of the thyroid gland to develop correctly.
Continuing on aspirin could cause the prostate gland to bleed excessively at the time of implant which could compromise the success of the treatment.
Corticosteroids-A group of hormones produced naturally by the adrenal gland or manufactured synthetically.
Cunningham that in Buccinum the egg-capsules are formed by this pedal gland and not by any accessory organ of the generative system.
D, E, F, Trochosphere stage, D fp, Pore in the foot (belonging mf, The mantle-flap or limbus to the pedal gland?).
Defects in the thymus gland that manufactures T lymphocytes or defects in the T lymphocytes themselves can also result in reduced production of immunoglobulins.
Deficiency in adults can result in an enlarged thyroid gland (goiter) in the neck.
During the early period of their sojourn in the pouch, the blind, naked, helpless young creatures (which in the great kangaroo scarcely exceed an inch in length) are attached by their mouths to the nipple of the mother, and are fed by milk injected into their stomach by the contraction of the muscle covering the mammary gland.
Early symptoms can be produced by the growth of a solid tumor in an organ or gland.
Eat fewer foods that stimulate your dominant gland.
Electron microscopy experiments have been carried out on sections of rat pituitary gland.
Excessive radiation of diagnostic x rays of the neck and chest may damage the thymus gland behind the breastbone.
Experts believe this can be attributed to differences in sex hormones and thyroid gland function.
Extracts of supra-renal gland have been found useful.
For an open prostatectomy, access to the prostate gland is gained through an incision in the lower abdomen.
For example, a common cause of tear lipid deficiency is meibomian gland dysfunction secondary to staphylococcal blepharitis.
For several reasons, the pituitary gland can fail to produce hormones.
From the ovo-testis, which lies near the apex of the visceral coil, a common hermaphrodite duct ve proceeds, which receives the duct of the compact white albuminiparous gland, Ed, and then becomes much enlarged, the additional width being due to the development of glandular folds, which are regarded as forming a uterus u.
From the stylomastoid foramen, the nerve enters the parotid gland and divides into an estimated 7,000 nerve fibers that control a wide range of facial and neck activity.
Fusus, Pyrula, Purpura, Murex, Nassa, Trophon, Voluta, &c. The float of the pelagic Janthina, to which the egg-capsules are attached, probably is also formed by the secretion of the pedal gland.
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone is released by the hypothalamus in the brain, where it moves to the pituitary gland.
Haeckel regards it as the equivalent of the manubrium, and as it is implanted on the blind end of the pneumatophore, such a view leads necessarily to the air-sack and gland being a development on the ex-umbral surface of the medusa-person.
Health problems associated with external itchiness include vaginitis, vulvar dystrophy, Bartholin gland cyst, and diabetes.
Hippocrates had no opportunity of verification by necropsy, and Sydenham ignored pathology; yet the clinical features of many but recently described diseases, such, for example, as that named after Graves, and myxoedema, both associated with perversions of the thyroid gland, lay as open to the eye of physicians in the past as to our own.
Hormonal effects can be caused either by damage to the pituitary gland itself or to the hypothalamus, which controls the pituitary.
Hormone-A chemical messenger secreted by a gland or organ and released into the bloodstream.
However, a larger skin surface area to body weight ratio may make children more susceptible to adrenal gland problems such as growth retardation and delayed weight gain.
Human growth hormone (hGH) (somatotropin) is produced by somatotropes in the anterior pituitary gland.
Hyperplasia-A condition where cells, such as those making up the prostate gland, rapidly divide abnormally and cause the organ to become enlarged.
Hyperthyroid myopathy occurs when the thyroid gland produces too much of the hormone thyroxine, leading to muscle weakness, some muscle wasting in hips and shoulders, and, sometimes, problems with eye muscles.
Hypopituitarism can also be caused by damage to the pituitary gland.
Hypothyroidism may also be caused by an abnormality of the immune system that results in damage and destruction of the thyroid gland (Hashimoto's thyroiditis).
Hypothyroidism-A disorder in which the thyroid gland produces too little thyroid hormone causing a decrease in the rate of metabolism with associated effects on the reproductive system.
Hypothyroidism, or underactive thyroid, develops when the thyroid gland fails to produce or secrete as much thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyonine (T3) as the body needs.
I have also had a Pheochromocytoma and had my left adrenal gland removed nearly two years ago.
Ichthulin (see above) may be placed in this group; " helico-proteid," found in the serous gland of Helix pomatia, the vineyard snail, also belongs here.
If such stimulation is unsuccessful, a malfunction of the anterior pituitary gland is likely.
If the oil gland is blocked and inflammation spreads beyond the eyelid, the condition can interfere with vision.
If the TSH level is high this means that you are not having adequate thyroxine to allow for your underactive thyroid gland.
In 1882, he published his first book scrofula and its Gland Diseases.
In 1882, he published his first book Scrofula and its Gland Diseases.
In 1898 it was conclusively shown in Italy that if a mosquito E of the Anopheles variety bites a person suffering from malaria, and is kept long enough for the parasite to develop in the salivary gland, and is then allowed to bite a healthy person, the latter will in due time develop malaria.
In 1900 it was shown that the coxal gland of Limulus is provided with a very delicate thin-walled coiled duct which opens, even in the adult condition, by a minute pore on the coxa of the fifth leg (Patten and Hazen, 13A).
In a few cases the doctor may order an MRI to rule out tumors affecting the hypothalamus or pituitary gland.
In a nutshell, it's caused by a problem with the thyroid gland.
In addition to the characters given above, it may be noted that the mantle is provided with a hypobranchial gland on the outer side of each gill, the auricles are muscular, the kidneys are glandular through their whole length, the sexes are separate.
In addition to these lines, all tadpoles show more or less distinctly a small whitish gland in the middle of the head between the eyes, the so-called frontal gland or pineal gland, which in early stages is connected with the brain.
In addition, studies have revealed that red clover isoflavones can also help combat benign prostatic hyperplasia enlargement of the prostate gland.
In all these antelopes long cylindrical horns are present in both sexes; the muzzle is hairy; there is no gland below the eye; the tail is long and tufted; and in the breadth of their tall crowns the upper molar-teeth resemble those of the oxen.
In Arca too and many others it carries a byssus-forming gland and a byssuscementing gland.
In autoimmune hypothyroidism, antibodies destroy thyroid gland cells preventing the gland from being able to release normal amounts of thyroid hormones.
In cases of tumor, most commonly craniopharyngioma (a tumor near the pituitary gland), children and adolescents may have neurological symptoms such as headaches, vomiting, and problems with vision.
In common with the other monotremes, the male echidna has its heel provided with a sharp hollow spur, connected with a secreting gland, and with muscles capable of pressing the secretion from the gland into the spur.
In early puberty, the offending gland or tumor may require surgical attention, although there are several drugs as of 2004 that counteract hormone effects.
In many Lamellibranchs a gland is found on the hinder surface of the foot in the mid line, which secretes a substance which sets into the form of threads - the so-called " byssus " - by means of which the animal can fix itself.
In orchids each of the pollen-masses has a prolongation or stalk (caudicle) which adheres to a prolongation at the base of the anther (rostellum) by means of a viscid gland (retinaculum) which is either naked or covered.
In poultry, there is an oil gland located dorsally to the stumpy tail of the bird.
In some cases the doctor may order an MRI to rule out tumors affecting the hypothalamus or pituitary gland.
In some cases, myopathies can be caused by a malfunctioning endocrine gland that produces either too much or too little of the chemical messengers called hormones.
In that gland the mystery of creation is concentrated; thought meets extension and directs it; extension moves towards thought and is perceived.
In the allied genus Cyclas, a byssus gland is formed in the foot and subsequently disappears, but no such gland occurs in Pisidium.
In the Branchiopoda the maxillary gland is lodged in the thickness of the shell-fold (when this is present), and, from this circumstance, it often receives the somewhat misleading name of " shell-gland."
In the case of the thyroid the function of the gland appears to be to prepare a secretion which is poured out into the blood and alters tissue-change.
In the Decapoda the antennal gland is largely developed and is known as the " green gland."
In the Decapoda, where the antennal gland alone is well-developed in the adult, the maxillary gland sometimes precedes it in the larva.
In the friction-clutch, a pulley loose on a shaft has a hoop or gland made to embrace it more or less tightly by means of a screw; this hoop has short projecting arms or ears.
In the hinder part of the foot (not shown in any of the diagrams) is the opening of a large mucusforming gland very often found in the Molluscan foot.
In the latter a pallial siphon, a welldeveloped proboscis and an unpaired oesophageal gland are always present, in the former they are usually absent.
In the stomach, the gastric gland produces gastric juices that contain the enzyme pepsin that breaks down proteins.
In the third generation Caspar Thomeson (1655-1738), son of Thomas, also taught anatomy at Copenhagen, his name being associated with the description of one of the ducts of the sublingual gland and of the glandulae Bartholini, while his younger brother, Thomas (16J9-1690), was a student of northern antiquities who published Antiquitatum Danicarum libri tres in 1689.
In the typical newts (Molge) of Europe, the males are adorned during the breeding season with bright colours and crests or other ornamental dermal appendages, and, resorting to the water, they engage in a lengthy courtship accompanied by lively evolutions around the females, near which they deposit their spermatozoa in bundles on a gelatinous mass, the spermatophore, probably secreted by the cloacal gland.
In the wasting of the thyroid gland in myxoedema, or when the gland is completely removed by operation, myxomatous areas are found in the subcutaneous tissue of the skin, nerve-sheaths, &c.
In them the foot has a flat ventral surface used for creeping, as in Gastropods, the byssus gland is but slightly developed, the pleural ganglia are distinct, there is a relic of the pharyngeal cavity, in some forms with a pair of glandular sacs, the gonads retain their primitive connexion with the renal cavities, and the otocysts are open.
In thyroid disease, the thyroid gland (located in the neck) may produce too much or too little thyroid hormone.
In turn, the production of these hormones is controlled by thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) that is produced by the pituitary gland.
Individuals with MEN 2A have a predisposition to develop tumors of the parathyroid gland.
Iodine has a special interest, as it is a necessary constituent of food, and is present in the secretion of the thyroid gland.
Iodine is required for thyroid gland function and metabolizing fats.
It also opens the blocked oil gland and helps remove pus.
It has low toxicity, and can help regulate the thymus gland.
It inhibits the secretion of parathyroid hormone from the parathyroid gland.
It is also found in the thymus gland of calves and in the spleen of cattle.
It is also the starting material from which steroid hormones are made by the adrenal gland.
It is associated with the pituitary gland, sensitivity and deep feeling.
It is called the master gland or control gland because the hormones it produces control the endocrine glands.
It is frequently armed with spines, hooks or stylets, and is further complicated by the addition of a nutritive secretion (the prostate gland) which may open at its base or pass separately by a special duct to the exterior.
It is produced in the adrenal gland, and production of this hormone drops sharply as people age.
It is produced in the pineal gland which is located in the brain.
It is the adrectal gland, and in the genera Murex and Purpura secretes a colourless liquid which turns purple upon exposure to the atmosphere, and was used by the ancients as a dye.
It is through this anterior border that the vessels and nerves enter and leave the gland.
It is used in a higher dose to reduce the size of the prostate gland in men with benign prostatic hypertrophy.
It may follow a diminished functional activity, as in the atrophying thymus gland' and in the muscle cells of the uterus after parturition.
Last leg of the male with or without a large white papilla on its ventral surface for the opening of a gland, and marked papillae for the, crural glands are sometimes present on other legs of the male; well-developed coxal glands absent.
Less commonly, it may be caused by other types of brain tumors, central nervous system disorders, or adrenal gland problems.
Less often, hypothyroidism develops when the pituitary gland fails and does not release enough thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), which stimulates the thyroid to produce and secrete normal amounts of T4 and T3.
Luteinising hormone (LH) is produced by the pituitary gland in the brain.
Luteinizing hormone-A hormone secreted by the pituitary gland that regulates the menstrual cycle and triggers ovulation in females.
Lymphadenitis is also referred to as lymph node infection, lymph gland infection, or localized lymphadenopathy.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is useful for viewing the pituitary gland and for identifying and locating an adenoma.
Many health conditions such as hypoglycemia and Graves disease (overactive thyroid gland) can cause symptoms similar to panic attacks, but only your doctor can rule them out.
Mastitis is an inflammation of the mammary gland infected by bacteria that decreases milk production and costs 69 billion yen per year in Japan.
Melatonin is produced in the body by the pineal gland at the base of the brain.
Mind, driven from the field of extension, erects its last fortress in the pineal gland.
Moreover, the pollen, instead of consisting of separate cells or grains, consists of cells aggregated into "pollen-masses," the number varying in different genera, but very generally two, four, or eight, and in many of the genera provided at the base with a strap-shaped stalk or "caudicle" ending in a flattish gland or "viscid disk" like a boy's sucker.
Most of these animals were of small size, and many had long upper canines, like those of the existing Hydrelaphus; while in all there was no depression for a gland in front of the eye.
Most of these are cancers of the lymphoid tissues (leukemias and lymphomas), but one fifth of the cancers occur in the stomach, brain, ovary, skin, liver, larynx, parotid gland, and breast.
Mumps, another viral disease, affects the salivary glands, especially the parotid gland.
Nicknamed "Gland Central" because it influences almost every organ, tissue, and cell in the body, the thyroid is shaped like a butterfly and located just below the larynx, or Adam's apple, and in front of the trachea, or windpipe.
None of the tumors was localized exclusively to the parotid gland, so the primary site was referred to as the " parotid region.
Normal menstrual periods are the result of proper functioning and synchronization of the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and ovaries.
Normally the thymus gland is located below the thyroid gland in the neck and front of the chest and is the primary gland of the lymphatic system, which is necessary for normal functioning of the immune system.
Normally, your immune system is kept in peak condition by your thymus gland, which is located in your upper chest.
Note the two suckers, the ventral sucker near the genital pore, and the oral sucker near the oesophageal gland.
Observations were made on the connexion between thyroid gland and myxoedema, which appeared to show that this disease was dependent upon atrophy of the gland.
Obstruction and infection, which often are the result of bacteria, cause the gland and the area around it to swell.
Occasionally, children with retinoblastoma develop trilateral retinoblastoma, which results from the development of an independent brain tumor that forms in a part of the brain called the pineal gland.
Oligomenorrhea that occurs in adolescents is often caused by immaturity or lack of synchronization between the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and ovaries.
On examination this is found to be the under surface of the posterior limb of the gland, the upper surface of which has just been described as lying beneath the shell.
On one hand the animal spirits " reflected " 2 from the image formed on the pineal gland proceed through the nervous tubes to make the muscles turn the back and lift the feet, so as to escape the cause of the terror.
One out of every 4,000-5,000 infants is born without a properly functioning thyroid gland.
One point must not be omitted, namely, the homogeny of the endostyle of Amphioxus and the thyroid gland of Craniata.
Only a part of the prostate gland - not the whole gland is removed, in order to relieve urinary symptoms.
Options for treatment if it gets too large might include diathermy, laser treatment, surgery or drugs to shrink the gland.
Orifice of coxal gland probably situated at base of coxa of 5th appendage; sternal plate of prosoma minute or absent; no prosternal element underlying the mouth.
Orifice of coxal gland situated between the coxae of the 5th and 6th appendages.
Orifice of coxal gland situated just behind that of the foetid gland.
Orifice of the grape-shaped (supposed poisonous) gland.
Other causes of a slowed metabolism include a high intake of foods and drinks with a high sugar content, a thyroid gland that is under active and a lifestyle that is sedentary.
Oxytocin A hormone, produced by the pituitary gland, which stimulates contraction of the uterus.
Packed in among these are gland cells, sense cells, and cnidoblasts.
Pancreas-A five-inch-long gland that lies behind the stomach and next to the duodenum.
Parathyroid gland-A pair of glands adjacent to the thyroid gland that primarily regulate blood calcium levels.
Patients with both MEN 2A and MEN 2B experience two main symptoms, medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) and a tumor of the adrenal gland medulla known as pheochromocytoma.
Patients with Graves' disease often have a goiter (visible enlargement of the thyroid gland), although as many as 10 percent do not.
Pheochromocytoma-A tumor that originates from the adrenal gland's chromaffin cells, causing overproduction of catecholamines, powerful hormones that induce high blood pressure and other symptoms.
Pituitary dwarfism is caused by problems arising from the pituitary gland.
Precocious Puberty Causes and Symptoms Puberty begins when the brain secretes a hormone that triggers the pituitary gland to release gonadotropins, which in turn stimulate the ovaries or testes to produce sex hormones.
Pressure to the cement gland excites trigeminal sensory neurons.
Previously to this, Lankester's pupil Gulland had shown (1885) that in the embryo the coxal gland is a comparatively simple tube, which opens to the exterior in this position and by its other extremity into a coelomic space.
Proper lubrication of the gland packing requires a certain leakage rate.
Puberty is initiated by hormonal changes triggered by a part of the brain called the hypothalamus, which stimulates the pituitary gland, which in turn activates other glands as well.
Putting on the brakes PSA is a protein that's naturally produced by the prostate gland.
Radiation. Radioactive iodine used to treat hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid) or radiation treatments for head or neck cancers can destroy the thyroid gland.
Radical prostatectomy is surgery to remove the prostate gland.
Sebaceous follicle-A structure found within the skin where a sebaceous gland opens into a hair follicle.
Secretion-A substance, such as saliva or mucus, that is produced and given off by a cell or a gland.
Should this take place into a closed gland space it will give rise to cysts, which may attain a great size, as is seen in the ovarian adenomata.
Similar observations were made by Laurie (17) in Lankester's laboratory (1890) with regard to the early condition of the coxal gland of Scorpio, and by Bertkau (41) as to that of the spider Atypus.
Solid columns of cells form from each breast bud, with each column becoming a separate sweat gland.
Somatotropin (hGH) is secreted by somatotropes in the anterior pituitary gland.
Some other conditions such as malfunction of the adrenal gland or kidney failure can produce abnormal chloride readings.
Sometimes half of the gland has to be removed (thyroid lobectomy) or the whole gland can be removed (total thyroidectomy ).
Sometimes referred to as the "master gland," it regulates and controls the activities of other endocrine glands and many body processes including growth and reproductive function.
Sometimes the thyroid gland is absent or is ectopic, i.e., in an abnormal location.
Sometimes this gland is found in the young and not in the adult (Anodonta, Unio, Cyclas).
Sty-An external hordeolum caused by an infection of an oil gland on the eyelid.
Substances obtained from animals include gland secretions, pepsin and other ferments, musk, cod-liver oil, &c., and to these may be added various antitoxins.
Surgery - in an operation called a prostatectomy, the whole prostate gland is removed.
Surgery. Removal of the thyroid gland because of cancer or other thyroid disorders can result in hypothyroidism.
T cell-A type of white blood cell that is produced in the bone marrow and matured in the thymus gland.
T-cells are few and weak, and the thymus gland is immature.
The " retrovert " or bent-back first pair of appendages is provided with a poison gland opening on the fang or terminal segment.
The ability of the mammary gland to secrete milk during later pregnancy is called lactogenesis, stage 1.
The acid gland consists of one, two or more tubes, with a cellular coat of several layers, opening into a reservoir whence the duct leads to the exterior.
The alkaline gland is an irregular tube with a single cellular layer, its duct opening alongside that of the acid reservoir.
The allied Argentine Onohippidium, which is also Pleistocene, has still longer nasal bones and slits, and a deep double cavity in front of the orbit, part of which probably contained a gland.
The anterior pituitary gland and the adrenal glands can also be affected.
The badger has a special opening (called a gland) under its tail, which produces a smelly liquid called musk.
The basic principles behind this diet are designed to rest your overstimulated dominant gland by eating less of the foods that stimulate it.
The Body Type Diet helps you to identify the foods that overstimulate your dominant gland, and to learn how to avoid these foods.
The crucial, mucous secreting glands in human CF patients are the serous gland.
The doctor may make the diagnosis of DiGeorge syndrome during heart surgery when he or she notices the absence or abnormal location of the thymus gland.
The doctor observes the front of the neck for swelling and may gently manipulate the neck and palpate the front and side surfaces of the thyroid gland at the base of the neck, looking for nodules or tenderness.
The dominant gland provides a foundation on which to build your diet plan.
The drug appears to have no influence upon the contractile cells that constitute muscle-fibre, any more than it has directly upon the secretory cells that constitute any gland.
The duct which runs along its upper and internal border passes forwards in the usual course, lying in the inner side of the sublingual gland, to open on the outer surface of a distinct papilla, situated on the floor of the mouth, half an inch from the middle line, and midway between the lower incisor teeth and the attachment of the fraenum linguae.
The effect of thyroid gland in such cases is marvellous, the child growing in body and becoming healthy and intelligent.
The endocrine system is made up of the thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, pituitary gland, the adrenal glands and part of the pancreas.
The endoderm contains in addition gland cells and nervous elements.
The enlarged glandular structure of the walls of the rectum is frequent in the Pectinibranchia, as is also though not universal the gland marked y, next to the rectum.
The essential feature of the asymmetry of Gastropoda is the atrophy or disappearance of the primitively left half of the circumanal complex (the right half in sinistral forms), including the gill, the auricle, the osphradium, the hypobranchial gland and the kidney.
The excess secretion of the hormone aldosterone into the blood is from an abnormal adrenal gland or glands.
The external duct of this gland is often dilated into a bladder, and may sometimes send out diverticula, forming a complex system of sinuses ramifying through the body.
The eye is provided with a nictitating membrane or third eyelid, at the base of which open the ducts of the Harderian gland.
The foot has a byssus gland on its posterior surface.
The free radical fighting abilities of melatonin - a natural hormone produced by the pineal gland in your brain - are well known.
The functions of the thymus gland begin to cease after the second year from birth.
The gland evidently excretes, or at any rate gets rid of, a certain waste product of a proteid nature, which otherwise tends to accumulate in the tissues and to excite certain nervous and tissue phenomena.
The gland has been found in both sub-orders of the Pectinibranchia, in Cyclostoma and Cypraea among the Taenioglossa, in Hemifusus, Cassis, Nassa, Murex, Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Olividae, Marginellidae and Conidae among the Stenoglossa.
The gland is supposed to secrete a ferment, which, being absorbed into the portal circulation, breaks up a certain portion at least of the grape-sugar contained in the portal blood, and so prevents this overflowing into the circulation in general.
The gland produces seminal fluid, which is mixed with sperm to make semen.
The gland spaces vary in size and many may show marked cystic formation.
The gland surrounds the urethra which carries urine flow from the bladder.
The green gland and the structures associated with it in Decapods were at one time regarded as constituting an auditory apparatus.
The hormone ACTH is naturally produced by the body from the head hormone gland called the pituitary.
The hormone insulin, secreted by the pancreas gland within the abdomen, controls this action of cell glucose uptake.
The hypothalamus also secretes hormones that regulate the pituitary gland.
The images shown below are all of the same slide; a venom gland from a parasitic wasp.
The inside layer of the adrenal gland is called the adrenal medulla.
The jackal, like the fox, has an offensive odour, due to the secretion of a gland at the base of the tail.
The key, he believes, is insulin, a hormone secreted by the pancreas gland.
The kidney has similar relations in both species, and is identical with the organ spoken of by many authors as the triangular gland.
The leaf stalks are up to 5 cm long with 2 large gland s at the leaf end.
The left inner gill-plate is also snipped to show the subjacent orifices of the left renal organ x, and of the genital gland (testis or ovary) y.
The most common problems are twitching, and, because of the need for magnesium in the parathyroid gland, soft bones even when calcium and vitamin D are adequate.
The most frequent symptom of MEN 1 is hyperparathyroidism, which is excessive growth of the parathyroid gland and excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone.
The musky odour from which it derives its name is due to the secretion of a large gland situated in the inguinal region, and present in both sexes.
The musky odour from which the animal takes its name does not appear to be due to the secretion of any gland.
The name " coxal gland " needs to be carefully distinguished from " crural gland," with which it is apt to be confused.
The nutrient helps the immune system by fostering growth of the thymus gland and keeping it from shrinking due to stress.
The options for eliminating risk of gland leakage is to use bellows sealed valves.
The outer part of the adrenal gland is the adrenal cortex which makes three main hormones called steroids.
The parathyroid glands, located on the sides of the thyroid gland, are responsible for maintenance of normal levels of calcium in the blood.
The parathyroid is a gland located on your trachea and behind your thyroid gland.
The parts of the body involved in the menstrual cycle include the uterus and cervix, the ovaries, fallopian tubes, the brain and pituitary gland, and the vagina.
The pineal gland is a tiny structure located at the back of the roof of the third ventricle of the brain.
The pituitary gland found in the brain increases a follicle stimulating hormone known as FSH.
The pituitary gland in turn produces hormones that stimulate the ovaries to secrete two hormones known as estradiol and progesterone.
The pituitary gland is a gland found at the back of our heads toward the bottom of the brain.
The pituitary gland is a pea-sized gland found at the base of the brain.
The pituitary gland is invaded with a slow growing cancer called an adenoma.
The pituitary gland is then stimulated to produce hormones that affect growth and reproduction.
The pituitary gland regulates adrenal cortisol production by responding to the amount of cortisol production by responding to the amount of cortisol in the blood.
The pituitary gland, also called the hypophysis, is a gland at the base of the brain that produces many different hormones.
The pituitary is a small gland located at the base of the brain, which releases certain hormones that are important to the functioning of other organs or body systems.
The pneumato phore arises from the ectoderm as a pit or invagination, part of which forms a gas-secreting gland, while the rest gives rise to an air-sack lined by a chitinous cuticle.
The portal vessels run down the pituitary stalk (infundibulum) to arrive at the pituitary gland.
The prostate gland produces semen, the fluid that transports sperm from a man 's body during orgasm.
The prostate gland produces semen, the fluid that transports sperm from a man's body during orgasm.
The prostate is a small gland that surrounds the neck of the bladder and urethra in men.
The prostate is a small, walnut-shaped gland that is part of the male reproductive system.
The question of the kings divorce soon became inextricably confused with another problem, whose first beginnings go back En,gland to a slightly earlier date.
The release of CRH triggers the pituitary gland's discharge of adrenocorticotropic hormone, which in turn stimulates the adrenal gland to secrete cortisol.
The remains of the original genital gland within the theca became the "axial organ" surrounded by the "axial sinus" derived from the anterior coelom, and this again by structures derived from the right posterior coelom, which, as explained above, had been depressed to the aboral pole.
The sebaceous gland units are most commonly found on the face, neck, and back.
The secretion of milk, if occurring in the mammary gland, is much diminished or entirely arrested.
The skull, which is relatively short, has a large depression in front of the orbit, commonly supposed to have contained a gland, but this may be doubtful.
The somatotropin test also aids in documenting the excess hGH production responsible for gigantism or acromegaly, and confirms underactivity or overproduction of the pituitary gland (hypopituitarism or hyperpituitarism, respectively).
The sort of diseases included myocardial hypertrophy, inflammatory bowel disease, thyroid gland problems and allergy.
The special gland of the musk-deer, which has made the animal so well known, and has proved the cause of unremitting persecution to its possessor, is found in the male only, and is a sac about the size of a small orange, situated beneath the skin of the abdomen, the orifice being immediately in front of the preputial aperture.
The splenic artery supplies the remainder of the gland.
The stomach has a cardiac gland, and the number of teats is two.
The submaxillary gland is of very similar texture to the last, but much smaller; it is placed deeper, and lies with its main axis horizontal.
The tail is long and in some cases prehensile; the first hind-toe may be either large, small or absent; the dentition usually includes three pairs of upper and one of lower incisors, and six or seven pairs of cheekteeth in each jaw; the stomach is either simple or sadculated, without a cardiac gland; and there are four teats.
The thymus gland is an integral part of the immune system.
The thyroid gland is situated at the base of the throat.
The thyroid gland, which is located below the Adam's apple, produces hormones that help regulate metabolism.
The thyroid gland, which is situated in front of the neck, yields a secretion which passes into the blood and there tends to maintain a state of moderate dilatation in the blood-vessels and of oxidization in the tissues, so that the circulation remains good and the body-heat and muscular activity remain well maintained.
The use of Tegretol with other anticonvulsants may change thyroid gland function.
The uterus (X in figure C) begins in all cases at the shell gland (c, d) and may exhibit a swelling (R S) for the retention of the spermatozoa..
The whole of the secretion here is poured into the blood and not at all on to a mucous surface, and herein the thyroid gland differs largely from such glands as the pancreas or peptic and intestinal glands.
The word pituitary refers to the pituitary gland, which regulates the production of certain chemicals called hormones.
There are three main conditions that can affect the prostate gland.
There is a gland on the back.
There is a tarsal, but no metatarsal gland and tuft.
There is no known way to prevent pituitary dwarfism, although in some cases it may be caused by traumatic injury to the pituitary gland.
There was a clear dose related increase in parathyroid gland hyperplasia from the lowest dose 400 ppm.
Therefore, the radioactive iodine builds up in the thyroid gland.
These changes are found in senile wasting, in metaplasia of cartilage, in many tumours, especially mixed growths of the parotid gland and testicle, and in various inflammatory granulation ulcers.
These include the rectum, which is directly behind the prostate gland, and the bladder, lying on top of the gland.
They also stimulate the thyroid gland, which plays an important role in the processes of growth.
They are closely controlled by the pituitary gland.
They are controlled by the pituitary gland, which is controlled by the hypothalamus.
They have a musk gland on top of their rump that produces a smell when they get upset.
This c and common cross fertilization is often effected by the gland g.
This chemical released from the pituitary gland is called growth hormone (GH).
This column stands up from the base of the flower, almost at right angles to the lip, and it bears at the top an anther, in the two hollow lobes of which are concealed the two pollen-masses, each with its caudicle terminating below in a roundish gland, concealed at first in the pouch-like rostellum at the front of the column.
This gives your dominant gland a chance to recover, and in the process, eliminate those food cravings that sabotage your best dieting plans.
This gland is divided into the anterior (front) and posterior (back) halves.
This gland secretes porphyrins (red tears) in response to stress.
This hormone is secreted by the pituitary gland and monitored by thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH ), which is produced in the hypothalamus gland.
This is clearly the same process in essence as that of the formation of a vitellogenous gland from part of the primitive ovary, or of the feeding of an ovarian egg by the absorption of neighbouring potential eggs; but here the period at which the sacrifice of one egg to another takes place is somewhat late.
This is the so-called c narion, or pineal gland, where in a minimized point the mind on one hand and the vital spirits on the other meet and communicate.
This organ is probably homologous with the byssogenous gland of Lamellibranchs.
This passes to the pancreas and causes increased secretion from that gland.
This poison fang is supplied with venom from a gland in the head.
This second duct has normally no spermathecal gland at its termination, which is simple and blunt.
This spur, which attains the length of nearly an inch, is traversed by a minute canal, terminating in a fine longitudinal slit near the point, and connected at its base with the duct of a large gland situated at the back part of the thigh.
This variation is normal and is usually the result of imperfect coordination between the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland, and the ovaries.
Thus the base of the gill passes in a slanting direction across the right-hand side of the kidney, the posterior end being dorsal to the apex of the gland, and the anterior end ventral to the right-hand corner.
Thus the gland not only breaks up starch into sugar in the intestine, but breaks up the sugar thus formed after it has been absorbed into the blood.
Thus, in the Phyllopoda, the antennal gland develops early and is functional during a great part of the larval life, but it ultimately atrophies, and in the adult (as in most Entomostraca) the maxillary gland is the functional excretory organ.
Thymus gland-An endocrine gland located in the upper chest just below the neck that functions as part of the lymphatic system.
Thyroid gland This gland in the neck produces the hormone thyroxine, which helps to regulate the body 's energy levels.
Thyroid gland This gland in the neck produces the hormone thyroxine, which helps to regulate the body's energy levels.
Thyroid gland-An endocrine gland in the neck overlying the windpipe (trachea) that regulates the speed of metabolic processes by producing a hormone, thyroxin.
Thyroid nodules are lumps which can develop in the thyroid nodules are lumps which can develop in the thyroid gland.
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)-A hormone produce by the pituitary gland that stimulates the thyroid gland to produce the hormones that regulate metabolism.
To the right of Spengel's osphradium is the opening of a peculiar gland which has, when dissected out, the form of a bunch of grapes; its secretion is said to be poisonous.
Tonsillitis is an infection and swelling of the tonsils, which are oval-shaped masses of lymph gland tissue located on both sides of the back of the throat.
Transrectal ultrasound - this is used to examine the prostate gland in men.
Tumors of the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland or abnormalities of the reproductive organs usually require surgery.
Two pairs of salivary ducts, each leading from a salivary gland, open into the buccal chamber.
Under abnormal conditions these cells affect skin, bone, and the pituitary gland as well as the lungs, intestines, liver, spleen, bone marrow, and brain.
Under the influence of thyroid gland these symptoms all disappear, and the patient is frequently restored to a normal condition.
Unfortunately, you can't take Yaz if you have a history of kidney, liver, or adrenal gland disease or risk factors for developing these conditions.
Unlike MEN 2, the thyroid gland is rarely involved in MEN 1 symptoms.
Untreated, the tumor eventually destroys the pituitary gland, resulting in death during early adulthood.
W, wax-yielding surface, covering true gland; s, septem, or carina; wh, webbed hairs.
We do not know at present if any corresponding anti-toxin or antitrypsin, as we may term it, is returned into the lymphatics or blood from the gland, but the pancreas, which in addition to secreting trypsin secretes a diastatic ferment forming sugar from starch, pours this into the intestine and secretes at the same time a glycolytic ferment which breaks up sugar, and this latter passes into the blood by way of the lymphatics.
We report a case of Brunner's gland adenoma in which the patient presented with major gastrointestinal bleeding.
When present these are usually due to a small (2mm) tumor that is secreting excess prolactin in the pituitary gland.
When progesterone levels rise, so does the pituitary gland's production of lutenizing hormone, and this triggers ovulation during which the eggs are released for fertilization.
When the thyroid gland is absent in children, not only is the expression of the face dull and heavy as in the adult, but the growth both of body and mind is arrested, and the child remains a stunted idiot.
When this gland becomes enlarged, and its secretion consequently increases, the vessels dilate, the heart beats more rapidly, the skin becomes too hot, the nervous system becomes irritable, and tremors occur in the limbs.
When we eat high glycemic carbs, blood sugar rises quickly and triggers a rapid response from the pancreatic gland.
While the oviducts always open directly on to the exterior, it is the rule for the sperm ducts to open on to the exterior near to or through certain terminal chambers, which have been variously termed atrium and prostate, or spermiducal gland.
White-tailed Group, Subgenus Dorcelaphus or Odocoileus.- Antlers large and complex, with a sub-basal snag, and the lower prong more or less developed at the expense of the upper one; metatarsal gland usually present; tail long or moderate, and hairy below; face very long and narrow; the face-gland small, and the gland-pit in the skull of moderate extent; no upper canines; size generally large.
Within the brain, the hypothalamus produces gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) which is secreted into the pituitary gland (1 ).
Your brain is releasing a hormone that travels to the pituitary gland where more hormones release.