adrenal gland in a sentence
Examples
- She indicated that her adrenal glands were atrophied to about 30 % function.
- Shortly thereafter, Sam was diagnosed with Addison's disease, which affects the adrenal glands.
- Pyknotic nuclei are often found in the zona reticularis of the adrenal gland.
- There are little cysts in the kidneys, liver and adrenal glands.
- The adrenal cortex is the outermost layer of the adrenal gland.
- Corticosteroids are hormones produced naturally in the outer layer of the adrenal gland.
- Historically, it was believed that cortisol was only produced by the adrenal glands.
- In women, the hormone is mainly produced in the ovaries and adrenal glands.
- This permits the adrenal glands to resume the body's natural production of cortisol.
- Scintigraphy of the adrenal gland with iodocholesterol scan is occasionally necessary.