The pituitary gland is called the master gland because from the pituitary gland we make hormones that work on yet other organs.

She's been poisoned by snake venom.

Venom, the poisonous fluid secreted by animals,

It drips with his brand of venom.

Her venom was that of a spurned lover.

Frogs and snakes were captured for their venom.

A gland is an organ in an animal's body that synthesizes a substance such as hormones for release into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).

I write with a goose quill dipped in venom.

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The normal example, let's take the human mammary gland.

But the ultimate regulation is from that pituitary gland.

What this party needs is a little gland treatment.

This triggers the pituitary gland, a pea sized gland found at the base of the brain, to release adrenocorticotropic hormone which then stimulates the adrenal gland sitting on top of the kidneys to release cortisol, the major stress hormone.

Dead snakes are also incapable of regulating the venom they inject, so a bite from a dead snake can often contain large amounts of venom.

Some ants have toxic venom and are of medical importance.

He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him.

Of course she could, pumpin' venom into her heart that way.

The venom, however, was in a new block which appeared at Ireland.

Their wine is the poison of serpents, The cruel venom of asps.

Whenever he eats the pit viper he gets this little venom rush.

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Synthetic TRH is also used by physicians as a test of TSH reserve in the pituitary gland as it should stimulate the release of TSH and prolactin from this gland.

So, I hold back a little of my venom for these astronomical misnomers.

Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.

The amount of venom produced also differs among species, with the Gaboon viper able to potentially deliver from 450 600 milligrams of venom in a single bite, the most of any snake.

The common kingsnake is known to be immune to the venom of other snakes and to eat rattlesnakes, but it is not necessarily immune to the venom of snakes from different localities.

Phospholipase A2 is an enzyme present in the venom of bees and viper snakes.

yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.

His gall bladder is like to burst... with the venom that is in him.

He reportedly suffers from high blood pressure, an enlarged prostate gland and heart problems.

And every one of those barbs is sending that venom into this central nervous system.

We're going to plunge into the body now, and we've landed in the thyroid gland.

I've been drinking honey badger anti venom ever since I've been hanging around that ridiculous snake.

When you spit your venom, keep it shut I hate it When you hiss and preach

Gland is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

First aid Snakebite first aid recommendations vary, in part because different snakes have different types of venom.

A silk gland kind of looks like a sac with a lot of silk proteins stuck inside.

Hypothalamus in the midbrain, pituitary gland nestled close by, thyroid, here, pancreas, here, adrenals, here, ovaries, here.

You lying adder! You'll destroy yourself with your own venom if you try to turn Sethi against Moses.

Excess radioiodine that does not get absorbed into the thyroid gland is eliminated by the body in urine.

Propylthiouracil also works outside the thyroid gland, preventing conversion of (mostly inactive) T4 to the active form T3.

The most alarming aspect of this is the increase in the incidence of cancer of the thyroid gland.

However, subduing and killing prey became more difficult for the smaller snakes, leading to the evolution of snake venom.

The transcervical approach, a less invasive procedure, allows for removal of the entire thymus gland through a small neck incision.

Envenomation is the process by which venom is injected into some animal by the bite (or sting) of a venomous animal.