Adrenaline and thyroxine

• adrenal gland 


  produces adrenaline which is used to prepare the body for physical harm like a fight
• adrenaline


  a hormone released by the adrenal glands
• adrenaline is relased in repsonse to stressful or scary situations
• adrenaline gets the body ready for 'fight or fight' by triggering mechanisms that increase the supply of oxygen and glucose to cells in the brain and muscles
• thyroxine


  a hormone is released by the thyroid gland which is in the neck
• thyroxine regulates metabolism
• thyroxine also helps stimulate protein synthesis for growth and development
• thyroxine is relased in response to thyriod stimulating hormones (TSH) which is released in the pituitary gland