secretion
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Secretion of these hormones is stimulated by acetylcholine release from preganglionic sympathetic fibers innervating the adrenal medulla.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Secretion of pituitary FSH and LH must decrease.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Secretion increases when you eat, because saliva is essential to moisten food and initiate the chemical breakdown of carbohydrates.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Figure 23.17 The Three Phases of Gastric Secretion Gastric secretion occurs in three phases: cephalic, gastric, and intestinal.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Secretion of mucus of the rectum is increased by aloe internally, by various clysters and suppositories externally.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
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