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
Answer is D. 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