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QuestionChoice
This is incorrect as dehydroepiandrosterone is an androgen. Androgens are produced and secreted by the Zona reticularis.
10002623
c
Zona Glomerulosa - dehydroepiandosterone
QuestionChoice
This is incorrect as the Zona Fasciculata produces and secretes cortisol and cortisol is a corticosteroid not a mineralocorticoid.
10002622
b
Zona Glomerulosa - Cortisol
QuestionChoice
This is incorrect. Cortisol is a corticosteroid that is produced and secreted by the Zona Fasciculata.
10002625
e
Zona Fasciculata - Cortisol
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This is correct. Renin causes the conversion of Angiotensinogen to Angiotensin I in the blood stream. Angiotensin I is then converted to Angiotensin II by ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme) in the lungs. Angiotensin II then acts on the Zona Glomerulosa in the adrenal cortex to release Aldosterone. Aldosterone causes the renal tubules to increase reabsorption of sodium, subsequently causing the reabsorption of water into the bloodstream.
10002621
a
Zona Glomerulosa - Aldosterone
QuestionChoice
This is incorrect. The adrenal medulla produces and secretes catecholamines such as adrenaline. Aldosterone is the correct mineralocorticoid but it is produced and secreted by the Zona Glomerulosa.
10002624
d
Adrenal Medulla - Aldosterone
Concept
Chapter
2693
3812
Adrenal cortical hormones
Topic
167
Endocrine physiology
13071
When there is hypoperfusion to the kidney, juxtaglomerular cells in the kidneys secrete a substance called renin into the circulation. Renin release eventually causes another substance to act on the adrenal gland which releases a mineralocorticoid.

Which layer of the adrenal gland is this released from and what is the mineralocorticoid?
a