What Would Be the Effect of a Blood Clot That

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