What Would Be the Effect of a Blood Clot That

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Multiple Choice

What would be the effect of a blood clot that blocked the veins of the hypothalamo-pituitary portal system in the infundibulum between the hypothalamus and the anterior pituitary gland?

• A)Secretion of ACTH will decrease and the adrenal cortex will atrophy
• B)The secretion of gonadotropins will decrease and the gonads will hypertrophy
• C)Plasma cortisol concentration will decrease, which will cause a decrease in long-loop negative feedback, and so the secretion of ACTH by the pituitary gland will increase
• D)Both secretion of ACTH will decrease and the adrenal cortex will atrophy and the secretion of gonadotropins will decrease and the gonads will hypertrophy would occur
• E)Both the secretion of gonadotropins will decrease and the gonads will hypertrophy and plasma cortisol concentration will decrease, which will cause a decrease in long-loop negative feedback, and so the secretion of ACTH by the pituitary gland will increase would occur

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