KROK 1 2020 – Question 7 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
Because of health concerns, one of the patient’s adrenal glands had to be removed. How will the structure of the remaining adrenal gland change?
- A. Atrophy of cortical cells
- B. Atrophy of medullary cells
- C. Necrosis of medullary cells
- D. Hypertrophy of cortical and medullary cells
- E. Lysis of cortical cells
Hint
Consider how a paired organ adapts when its partner is lost and the work demanded of the remaining one rises.
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