After teaching a group of students about Simmonds' disease, the instructor determines that additional instruction is necessary when the students identify which hormone as being involved?
A) Growth hormone
B) Luteinizing hormone
C) Adrenocorticotropic hormone
D) Oxytocin

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Simmonds' disease is a condition characterized by the absence or deficiency of all pituitary hormones. Oxytocin is not a pituitary hormone and is not involved in Simmonds' disease. The other three hormones listed are pituitary hormones and could be involved in Simmonds' disease.

After Teaching a Group of Students About Simmonds' Disease, the Instructor