KROK 1 2014 – Question 98 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
In the course of an experiment adenohypophysis of an animal has been removed. The resulting atrophy of thyroid gland and adrenal cortex has been caused by deficiency of the following hormone:
- A. Thyroxin
- B. Cortisol
- C. Thyroid hormones
- D. Somatotropin
- E. Tropic hormones
Hint
Think about what the anterior pituitary normally sends to the thyroid and adrenal cortex to maintain them, and what happens to a gland that stops receiving it.
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