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Angiotensin also activates the adrenal cortex to release Aldosterone.Inside the kidney, there are two zones, an outer cortex and an inner medulla.The adrenal gland is composed of the centrally located adrenal medulla and the outer adrenal cortex.Small amounts of androgenic steroids are also secreted by the adrenal cortex which play a role in the growth of axial hair, pubic hair and facial hair during puberty.The centrally located tissue is called the adrenal medulla, and outside this lies the adrenal cortex.The adrenal cortex secretes glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids.This long duct extends from the cortex of the kidney to the inner parts of the medulla.The adrenal cortex can be divided into three layers, called zona reticularis (inner layer), zona fasciculata (middle layer) and zona glomerulosa (outer layer).The cortex extends in between the medullary pyramids as renal columns called Columns of Bertini (Figureure 1 2).The presence of a noxious stimulus or stressor leads to activation of the adrenalpituitary- cortex system.ACTH stimulates the synthesis and secretion of steroid hormones called glucocorticoids from the adrenal cortex.The adrenal cortex secretes many hormones, commonly called as corticoids.The proximity between the Henle's loop and vasa recta, as well as the counter current in them help in maintaining an increasing osmolarity towards the inner medullary interstitium, i.e., from 300 mOsmolL–1 in the cortex to about 1200 mOsmolL–1 in the inner medulla.