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All of the following development events are dependent on the production of maternal or fetal glucocoicoid, except

A
Induction of thymic involution
B
Production of surfactant by type II alveolar cells
C
Functional thyroid
D
Functional hypothalamic pituitary axis
High-Yield Explanation
Glucocoicoids most notably act during late gestation to stimulate surfactant production by the lung. ... In utero, the endometrium, placenta and embryo/fetus are each exposed to physiological glucocoicoids arising from either maternal or fetal adrenal glands Ref: guyton and hall textbook of medical physiology 12 edition page number:590,581,592

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