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.
The Kalypso Grotto in Gozo. Calypso is remembered most for her role in Homer's Odyssey, in which she keeps the fabled Greek hero Odysseus on her island to make him her immortal husband. According to Homer, Calypso kept Odysseus prisoner at Ogygia for seven years, while Apollodorus says five years and Hyginus says one. Calypso enchants Odysseus with her singing as she moves to and fro, weaving on her loom with a golden shuttle.