Assertion: adrenal gland | /r/HasProperty | adrenal medulla
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text: The hormones are made in the outer layer of the adrenal gland (adrenal cortex) and in the inner layer of the adrenal gland (adrenal medulla).
text: The hormones are made in the outer layer of the adrenal gland (adrenal cortex) and in the inner layer of the adrenal gland (adrenal medulla).
text: Pheochromocytomas arise from the central portion of the adrenal gland, which is called the adrenal medulla.
text: The outer portion of the adrenal glands, known as the adrenal cortex, produces corticosteroids including cortisol that functions in the use and storage of energy, aldosterone that stimulates the reabsorption of salts and water, and sexual hormones including estrogen, progesterone and testosterone.
text: The inner portion of the adrenal glands, known as the adrenal medulla, produces hormones classified as catecholamines including epinephrine, also called adrenalin, and norepinephrine, also called noradrenalin.
text: People who inherit the gene for MEN 2 are predisposed to developing an overactivity in hormone production from the parathyroid glands, the central portion of the adrenal gland (the adrenal medulla) and a very certain type of thyroid cancer (that's why physicians will measure hormones in the blood to check for overproduction of each specific hormone).