Question

7. A surgeon removes both of a woman's adrenal glands. The levels of all of the following hormones will be decreased except for a. Cortisol b. Aldosterone C. Renin d. Epinephrine e. All of the above will be affected

Answer 1

Adrenal gland are the two tinny gland , resided just above our kidney. It produces so many hormones , out of which Adrenaline, aldosterone, corticol are most important.

Adrenal gland can be divided into two part the cortex and medula. The cortex has three different region viz Zona Fasciculata , zona glomerulosa and zona reticularis. These three parts produced different hormones.

Cortisol-- Zona Fasciculata produces these hormone. If adrenal gland removed , these hormone cannot be produced.

Aldosterone--- Zona glomerulosa produces these hormone. Similarly without adrenal gland, it cannot be produced.

Epinephrine--- Epenephrine is commonly known as Adrenaline. Adrenal medula produces these hormone. Hence without gland, it also cannot be produced.

Renin---- Renin is produced by our kidney. It helps to stimulate the adrenal cortex(zona reticularis) to produce aldosterone hormone. Hence if Adrenal gland is removed , the production of Renin will not be hampered as it is produced by our kidney.

So the right answer according to the question is RENIN.