BIOA02H3 Lecture 15: Lecture 15

• School: UTSC
• Department: Biological Sciences
• Course: BIOA02H3
• Professor: Ivana Stehlik

Document Summary

The endocrine system the person kayaking the pretty stressed with the shark behind him fight -or -flight system stress response. Cortisol stress hormone + cause aging physiologically. People with high blood cortisol levels tend to die early. **light from the cellphone is bad for the pineal gland doesn"t allow to efficiently produce melanin to sleep. ** angiotensin ii has a huge effect on blood pressure if you prevent the production of angiotensin ii then you can lower your blood pressure. ** intracellular receptors most common with steroids hormones. ** if we don"t have antidiuretic hormone (adh) we would just pee all the time the kidney wouldn"t absorb the water back into our blood circulation the adh is inhibited by alcohol that"s why we pee. *** oxytocin uterine contraction + milk production + make men sleep after sex :) ** you should memorize all the anterior pituitary hormones.