Adrenal Gland: What It Is, Function, Symptoms & Disorders
网页2022年5月13日 — Your adrenal glands are endocrine glands located on top of your kidneys. They produce many important hormones, including cortisol, aldosterone and adrenaline.
Adrenal gland: Function, hormones, and disorders - Medical News Today
网页2023年11月16日 — The adrenal glands are small glands that sit above the kidneys. They produce hormones that affect metabolism, blood sugar regulation, blood pressure, and many other essential functions.
Adrenal Hormones - Endocrine Society
网页2022年1月24日 — Adrenal gland secretes steroid hormones such as cortisol and aldosterone. It also makes precursors that can be converted to sex steroids such as androgen, estrogen. Learn more about adrenal disorders that can be caused by too much or too little of a particular hormone.
Adrenal Glands - Johns Hopkins Medicine
网页Adrenal glands produce hormones that help regulate your metabolism, immune system, blood pressure, response to stress and other essential functions. Adrenal glands are composed of two parts — the cortex and the medulla — which are each responsible for producing different hormones.
Adrenal gland - Wikipedia
网页The adrenal glands (also known as suprarenal glands) are endocrine glands that produce a variety of hormones including adrenaline and the steroids aldosterone and cortisol. [1] [2] They are found above the kidneys. Each gland has an outer cortex which produces steroid hormones and an inner medulla.
Adrenal Gland: Anatomy, Locations, and Function - Verywell Health
网页2024年4月7日 — The adrenal glands (also known as suprarenal glands) release certain hormones that help the body function. The different hormones impact a range of functions, such as regulating heart rate, and blood pressure, helping the immune system, managing physical stress responses, and more.
Overview of the Adrenal Glands - The Merck Manuals
网页Cortex: The outer part secretes different hormones, including corticosteroids (cortisone-like hormones, such as cortisol) and mineralocorticoids (particularly aldosterone, which controls blood pressure and the levels of salt [sodium chloride] and potassium in the body).
17.6 The Adrenal Glands – Anatomy & Physiology
网页The adrenal gland consists of an outer cortex of glandular tissue and an inner medulla of nervous tissue. The cortex itself is divided into three zones: the zona glomerulosa, the zona fasciculata, and the zona reticularis. Each region secretes its own set of hormones.
Adrenal Glands Function, Location & Definition | Body Maps - Healthline
网页2018年1月21日 — The adrenal cortex is responsible for creating three different types of hormones: mineralocorticoids which conserve sodium in the body, glucocorticoids which increase blood glucose levels,...
Adrenal gland | Definition, Anatomy, & Function | Britannica
网页2024年9月12日 — Each gland consists of two parts: an inner medulla, which produces epinephrine and norepinephrine (adrenaline and noradrenaline), and an outer cortex, which produces steroid hormones. The two parts differ in embryological origin, structure, and function. The adrenal glands vary in size, shape, and nerve supply in other animal species.