All of the following development events are dependent on the production of maternal or fetal glucocoicoid, EXCEPT:
Correct Answer: Functional thyroid
Description: Functions of maternal / fetal coicosteroids in the fetus include Synthesis of surfactant in the lungs, induction of thymic involution, proper development of hypo-thalamo-pituitary axis. Development of functional thyroid is not found to be dependant on the maternal or fetal glucocoicoids. Ref: Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology, 25th Edition, Pages 373-75.
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