How the Body Works : The Adrenal Cortex and Medulla

The Adrenal Cortex and Medulla

The adrenal glands sitting above the kidneys are richly supplied with blood and with sypathetic nerve endings. Block sections show the blood supply and cellular arrangement of the adrenals. Two different regions are distinguishable--the cortex, controlled by the pituitary hormone ACTH, produces hormones which maintain body chemistry, and the medulla, which secretes adrenaline and noradrenaline to increase body activity.

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[UntitledQuartet]

@slaughtermate you're wrong, Adrenaline is just another word for Epinephrine, the equivalent for nor-epinephrine would be Nor-Adrenaline.

[landmine217]

i dont have any adrenal glands

[AdditonalPylons]

@UntitledQuartet slaughtermate is actually correct epinephrine and norepeniphrine are differnt substances but both still considered adrenaline

[BraveWomanCandy]

@DBDxxBulldog so your implying that your adrenals are Chuck Norris?

[enzo83sr]

so..you'd want to find and cut out the madula not just rip out the whole thing. cool i'd rather not eat the entire gland anyway, great info!

[slaughtermate]

I am a Yankee I suppose. Adrenaline is the common or collective name for the mixture of epinephrine and nor-epinephrine released by the adrenal medulla.

So; you both are correct. You could also be a bit more charitable in your language.

[0oSMNo0]

it's also called suprarenal gland

[johnxxx36]

i remember having an allergic reation to antibiotics for a flu once and it gave me skin hives so bad i took my self to the hostpital and they gave me an adrenaline shot in the leg and it went right though my body making my pupils Dilate right away and my heart rate was really fast but it still did not feel any different to a normal adrenaline rush only much faster acting.

[Jeseeu]

didnt use it for like 1 week and im getting better :D thx

[M4R10X15]

oh.. wow...

well.... i hope you get better and that your palpitations doesnt get worse