You are an endocrinologist and a patient comes to you with symptoms of adrenal i

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You are an endocrinologist and a patient comes to you with symptoms of adrenal insufficiency: you take a blood sample and find that cortisol is low but ACTH levels are high, you would diagnose: a) Secondary adrenal insufficiency b) Primary adrenal insufficiency c) A posterior pituitary tumor d) Androgen insensitivity syndrome e) A tumor of the adrenal gland This reaction uses acetyl co-A to produce carbon dioxide, ATP, NADH + H^+ and FADH2. a) Formation of acetyl co-A b) Krebs cycle c) Glycolysis D) Phosphorylation e) Electron transport chain

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23.Option "b"-primary adrenal insufficiency.

Explanation: -also called Addison's disease.

**A disorder in which the adrenal glands don't produce enough hormones.

24.Option "krebs cycle".

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**Each acetyl coenzyme A proceeded once through the citric acid cycle. Therefore, in total, it created 6 NADH + H+ molecules, two FADH2 molecules, four carbon dioxide molecules, and two ATP molecules. That's a lot of products!

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