KROK 1 2021 – Question 17 · KROK (Medicine) · Histology, Cytology, and Embryology
A patient complains of acute increase in diuresis (up to 5–7 liters of urine per 24 hours). Examination revealed decreased secretion of vasopressin in this patient. What cells have insufficient secretory activity in this case?
- A. Neurosecretory cells of the hypothalamus
- B. Endocrinocytes of the anterior pituitary
- C. Endocrinocytes of the intermediate pituitary
- D. Pituicytes
- E. Pars tuberalis cells
Hint
Vasopressin is not made in the pituitary itself; consider where the cell bodies of the neurons that send axons down to the posterior lobe are located.
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