adrenal cortex in a sentence
Examples
- This layer of the adrenal cortex is thought to be the primary source of serum DHEA-sulfate.
- Additionally, hyperplasia of the adrenal cortex is infrequent.
- The adrenal cortex produce the hormones that are essential for life such as Cortisol and Aldosterone.
- H & E staining of the adrenal cortex.
- Aldosterone synthase is found within the zona glomerulosa at the outer edge of the adrenal cortex.
- These precursors are not further converted in the adrenal cortex if the cells lack 17Beta Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase.
- In the following decades several physicians experimented with extracts from the adrenal cortex to treat Addison's disease.
- Mineralocorticoid hormones are synthesized in the outermost layer of the adrenal cortex known as the zona glomerulosa.
- Mitotane alters steroid peripheral metabolism, directly suppresses the adrenal cortex and alters cortisone metabolism leading to hypocortisolism.
- Smaller amounts of estradiol are also produced by the adrenal cortex, and, in men, by the testes.