Adrenaline and thyroxine

Cards (3)

  • What does the thyroid secrete?
    Thyroxine, which controls your body‘s metabolic rate.
  • What does the body do when the metabolic rate is to low?
    •Hypothalamus in the brain release TRH
    •Causes pituitary gland to release TSH
    •Which causes thyroid to release more thyroxine
  • The adrenal gland secrete what and what does it do?
    Releases adrenaline into your body which increases blood flow and breathing rate to prepare you for ‘fight or flight’