adrenal cortex in a sentence

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1. The white matter of the brain, the Leydig cells of the testes and the adrenal cortex are the most severely affected systems.
2. It was first isolated in 1936 from the adrenal cortex by Tadeus Reichstein at the Pharmaceutical Institute in the University of Basel.
3. This protein localizes to the mitochondrial inner membrane and is involved in the conversion of 11-deoxycortisol to cortisol in the adrenal cortex.
4. PEPCK-C activity is increased upon the secretion of both cortisol from the adrenal cortex and glucagon from the alpha cells of the pancreas.
5. These substances are released by the adrenal cortex, a pair of small glands perched on top of the kidneys, in response to stress.
6. Deficient activity of this enzyme reduces the efficiency of cortisol synthesis, with consequent hyperplasia of the adrenal cortex and elevation of ACTH levels.
7. In the endocrine system, Manipura is said to be associated with the pancreas and the outer adrenal glands ( the adrenal cortex ).
8. The most severely affected tissues are the myelin in the central nervous system, the adrenal cortex and the Leydig cells in the testes.
9. Although they do not affect the development of the adrenal cortex directly, the neural crest cells may be involved in relevant upstream embryological interactions.
10. In the rat hormonal changes were accompanied by the histological observation of vacuolation ( empty cavities ) of the cells of the adrenal cortex.