Adrenaline & Thyroxine

• 4 effects adrenaline has on the body

  Increased heart rate

  Increased blood pressure

  Increased bloody flow to muscles

  Increased blood glucose concentration
• How does adrenaline increase blood glucose levels

  Stimulates liver cells to break glycogen down into glucose and release it into the bloodstream
• What does thyroxine do

  Growth and development

  Increases metabolic rate
• What stimulates the thyroid gland to release thyroxine

  TSH
• What will cause TSH to be released

  Lack of thyroxine