KROK 1 2017 – Question 181 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
On examination the patient is found to have low production of adrenocorticotropic hormone. How would this affect production of the other hormones?
- A. Decrease adrenocorticotropic hormones synthesis
- B. Increase sex hormones synthesis
- C. Decrease insulin synthesis
- D. Increase thyroid hormones synthesis
- E. Decrease hormone synthesis in the adrenal medulla
Hint
Ask which target gland is driven by this pituitary tropic hormone, and what happens to its trophic support when the hormone is scarce.
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