Glossary 4.4

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Glucagon

a hormone produced by alpha cells in the pancreas that raises the blood glucose level by promoting the breakdown of glycogen in the liver

Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone (GnRH)

a hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of LH and FSH from the anterior pituitary, which, in turn, control the synthesis and release of the male or female sex hormones in the gonads

Gonads

glands responsible for the production of sex hormones, as well as the egg and sperm cells; called testes in males and ovaries in females