Help
Contact
For teachers and institutes
Search courses, problems, tests…
A
A
>_
StemPy Lab
Courses ▾
Problems ▾
Practice ▾
Mock Tests
Classes
Community ▾
A
A
A man has weakness, low blood pressure and a low level… | StemPy Lab
Quizzes
/
A man has weakness, low blood pressure and a low level of sodium in the blood. His adrenal cortex has failed. Which hormone, besides cortisol, is short, and which process does its shortage upset?
Biology
Hard
High School (11–12)
Human Body › Hormones and the Endocrine System
Created by
StemPy Lab
A man has weakness, low blood pressure and a low level of sodium in the blood. His adrenal cortex has failed. Which hormone, besides cortisol, is short, and which process does its shortage upset?
Noradrenaline; the reabsorption of potassium in the kidney
Aldosterone; the making of glucose from proteins
Adrenaline; the breakdown of glycogen in the liver
Aldosterone; the reabsorption of sodium and water in the kidney
Check Answer
Log in to save
Tag someone
⚑ Report
← All Quizzes
← After a woman ovulates, the empty follicle changes into the corpus luteum. Which hormone does the corpus luteum mainly make, and what is it for?
A runner has not eaten for twelve hours, and her blood glucose is at the low end of the normal range. Which hormone is now released in a larger amount, and what does it do? →
More on
Human Body › Hormones and the Endocrine System
Discussion (0)
Log in
to join the discussion.
Loading…
Problems on this topic
A hiker walks for hours in the heat and sweats a lot…
Hard
In a model of labour, the oxytocin level starts at 1 unit…
Medium
Say whether each loop is a negative feedback or a positive feedback…
Easy
A physiologist studies two hormones. Hormone X is a peptide, and its effect on the liver starts…
Hard
All problems on this topic →