Epinephrine

**Epinephrine (Adrenaline)**

"20 things you don't know about me __"

1. Where I hang out most of the time: I hang out most of the time in the adrenal glands right on top of the kidneys 2. I am responsible for: Increasing heart rate, constricts blood vessels, dilates air passages, and help in the fight or flight response 3. I'm most similar to the drug: I am most similar to norepinephrine 4. My favorite activity is: any extreme sport like BASE jumping or riding roller coasters 5. I hate it when: I am not being utilized and are just sitting in the adrenal gland 6. The best thing about receptor sites is: that I am able to interact with other cellular components 7. When humans don't have enough of me: Humans become tired and exhausted when they do not get enough of me 8. In a choice between robots or zombies: because... Zombies because at least hopefully they still have adrenal glands for me to be used 9. The sucky thing about being a hormone: is that I am only used during certain events 10. A really strange fact about me: I was first synthesized in a lab by Fredrich Stolz and Henry Drysdale Dakin in 1904 11. My favorite food and why: My favorite food is chocolate because i am released in small amounts when humans eat chocolate 12. I once dated a synapse, but it fell apart because: What activity ever caused me to be released was no longer going on 13. Sleep is awesome because: the more people sleep the more there is of me when morning rolls around 14. A neuron walks into a bar and says: Is your adrenal gland running? Then you should probably catch it 15. When humans have too much of me: They are called "Adrenaline Junkies" and they are always energetic and want to be doing something exciting 16. Where am I derived From: from the Latin roots ad- and renes which literally means "on the kidney" 17. What Can I Help Treat: I can help treat a cardiac arrest, anaphylaxis, and superficial bleeding 18. When was I discovered: I was discovered in 1901 by Japanese chemist Jokichi Takamine 19. Excretion: I am excreted out of the body by urine 20. I am both a hormone and a neurotransmitter

1. Today was fun, I was released in incredible amounts after a day of skydiving and hope to do it again sometime 2. Since I sleep in the adrenal glands, I have to share the space with the kidneys, someone needs to tell them to stop snoring 3. I gave myself a new nickname, how about "adrenaline?" I like the sound of it 4. So I am told that I am used in the "Fight or Flight response," but to be honest with you I still do not see the flight portion 5. What is the difference between epinephrine and adrenaline?...Nothing, we are the excact same thing
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