KROK 1 2011 – Question 34 · KROK (Medicine) · Histology, Cytology, and Embryology
A patient has been given high doses of hydrocortisone for a long time. This caused atrophy of one of the adrenal cortex zones. Which zone is it?
- A. Fascicular
- B. Reticular
- C. Glomerular
- D. Glomerular and reticular
- E. -
Hint
Consider the feedback loop that a long-term high dose of a corticosteroid switches off, and which cortical zone depends on that stimulus.
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