Describe in brief different disorders caused by the adrenal cortex.
Different disorders related to the adrenal cortex are: Addison’s disease: Atrophy or destruction of adrenal cortex causes failure of secretion of minerals corticoids and glucocorticoids leads to low blood Na+, high plasma K+ and urinary Na+, bronze skin pigmentation. Cushing’s syndrome: Increased production of cortical causes low’ plasma K+, high plasma Na+, rise in blood pressure and volume. Aldosteronism: Hyperactivity of aldosterone cause Na+ and K+ conditions like Cushing’s syndrome, muscular weakness. Adrenal virilism: Hypersecretion of sex corticoids causes the development of male-type external features in female-like beard and mustache, low pitch male voice, and mensural cessation.
