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Adrenocortical Hormones

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Question 1

What is the primary function of the fetal zone, which constitutes about 80 percent of the fetal adrenal glands' cortices during pregnancy?

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Question 2

During pregnancy, estrogens secreted by the placenta are primarily formed from which precursors originating in the mother's and fetus's adrenal glands?

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Question 3

What is the approximate increase in aldosterone secretion in pregnant women by the end of gestation?

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Question 4

What is a primary physiological consequence of increased aldosterone and estrogens during pregnancy?

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Question 5

What is the proposed role of the moderately increased secretion of glucocorticoids throughout pregnancy?

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Question 6

Besides oxytocin, which hormone secreted by the fetus's adrenal glands is considered a possible uterine stimulant near term?

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Question 7

During heat acclimatization in an athlete, increased aldosterone secretion leads to what changes in electrolyte loss?

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Question 8

Which hormone from the mother's anterior pituitary gland increases during pregnancy and stimulates the adrenal cortex?

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Question 9

What is a potential endocrine problem in a newborn if the adrenal glands were vastly overstimulated during fetal life?

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Question 10

Adrenal glucocorticoids, along with growth hormone, prolactin, and insulin, are important for the growth of what specific structures in the breasts during pregnancy?

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