KROK 1 2009 – Question 61 · KROK (Medicine) · Histology, Cytology, and Embryology
A patient has been given high doses of hydrocortisone for a long time. This caused atrophy of one of the adrenal cortex zones. Which zone is it?
- A. Fascicular
- B. Reticular
- C. Glomerular and reticular
- D. Glomerular
- E. -
Hint
Ask which pituitary hormone is switched off by negative feedback when a glucocorticoid is given for a long time, and which cortical layer depends most on it to make the body's own steroid of this type.
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