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.
1 The Odyssey-book 1, line 14 - The Nymph Kalypso (Calypso) kept Odysseus on her island so that he would eventually be her husband. 2  The Odyssey-book 1, line 52 - Kalypso (Calypso), the daughter of Atlas, inhabits a wooded island which is the navel of all the waters. The Odyssey-book 12, line 389 - After Odysseus's crew had eaten the forbidden oxen of Helios, Odysseus remembered that Kalypso (Calypso) had told him that Hermes had predicted the event when he had visited her home.