KROK 1 2016 – Question 65 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
For people adapted to high external temperatures profuse sweating is not accompanied by loss of large volumes of sodium chloride. This is caused by the effect the following hormone has on perspiratory glands:
- A. Thyroxin
- B. Cortisol
- C. Aldosterone
- D. Natriuretic
- E. Vasopressin
Hint
Decide which hormonal action would let a person keep sodium chloride while sweating profusely, and compare it with what the listed hormones do to salt and water balance.
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