Labels:text | screenshot | black | black and white | font | document OCR: erived Cortisol and the adrenal androgens are The only from the fasciculata and reticularis cells by means known important control mechanism i hormone of ACTH (Fig. 7.3). This anterior pituitar ediates theregulates adrenocortical growth; it also n Other rate at which steroid biosynthesis occurs fragments of the ACTH precursor, have a pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC), may also retic trophic effect on the adrenal, and antidi hormone (ADH/vasopressin) may act teroid synergistically with ACTH to stimulate biosynthesis. See later: · Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone Level . Control of Androgen Secretion · Androgen Metabolism · Metabolic Fate of Adrenal Androgens · Metabolic Fate of Cortisol