A healthcare professional reads a chart that notes the patient has panhypopituitarism. What does the professional understand that term to mean?
a. The patient has a lack of all hormones associated with the anterior pituitary gland.
b. The patient has a lack of all hormones associated with the lateral pituitary gland.
c. The patient has total adrenocorticoptropic hormone deficiency.
d. The patient has a dysfunction of the posterior pituitary gland due to a tumor.
Ans: a. The patient has a lack of all hormones associated with the anterior pituitary gland.
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