Falling blood glucose levels stimulate the pancreas to release glucagon into the blood. Glucagon triggers the conversion of fatty acids and amino acids into glucose. 10. Correct answer: c. Hypersecretion of growth hormone during a childâs growth years causes gigantism. Hyposecretion of growth hormone during a childâs growth years causes pituitary dwarfism. Myxedema is a condition involving swelling and firmness of the skin as a result of prolonged or severe hypothyroidism.
When Zeus declares that Odysseus shall be sent home, he sends Hermes to deliver the message. Calypso gives Odysseus a choice to become immortal if he stays but he refuses. Although Calypso is not happy, she allows Odysseus to leave her island. She gives him some tools and the materials to build a raft. She then sends him on his way.
Â§ 2). According to some she had been sent into Boeotia by Hera, who was angry with the Thebans for not having punished Lains, who had carried off Chrysippus from Pisa. She is said to have come from the most distant part of Ethiopia (Apollod. l. c. ; Schol. ad Eurip. Phoen. 1760); according to others she was sent by Ares, who wanted to take revenge because Cadmus had slain his son, the dragon (Argum. ad Eurip.