Question 13 (2 points) A patient has a trauma to their anterior pituitary and ha

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Question 13 (2 points) A patient has a trauma to their anterior pituitary and has it surgically removed. Which would you expect to happen 1) increased T3 and T4 2) increased adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) 3) decreased prolactin 4) decreased gonadotrophic releasing hormone (GnRH) Question 14 (2 points) A problem caused a patient's blood levels of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF:1) to increase. What would you expect to happen to their blood levels of growth hormone (GH) and growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH)? 1) increased GH and decreased GHRH 0 0

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Answer is 3. Decrease in prolactin hormone.

If anterior pituitary is removed, then TSH(Hence T3T4T) , ACTH production is not possible. GnRh is released by hypothalamus  

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