adrenal glands - 2025 ACF Regionals

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One in four patients who have this organ removed to treat one disease may experience hyperpigmentation from [emphasize] another organ’s growth in Nelson’s syndrome. (10[1])Surgical removal of an adenoma of this organ (-5[1])can prevent its overactivity in Conn’s syndrome. (10[1])A failure to decrease the levels of one hormone (-5[1])is used (10[1])to diagnose a condition of this organ (-5[1])in the dexamethasone (-5[1])suppression (10[1]-5[1])test. (10[2]-5[1])The organ of Zuckerkandl may be the origin of neoplasms of this organ called pheochromocytomas. (10[5])The enzyme PNMT (10[1])is primarily found in this organ’s chromaffin (-5[2])cells. (10[1])This organ (-5[1])exhibits (10[1])overactivity in Cushing’s disease, (10[3]-5[6])and it (-5[1])produces (10[1]-5[1])hormones (10[2]-5[1])like aldosterone (10[1]-5[3])and (10[1]-5[1])cortisol. (10[2]-5[4])For (10[2])10 (-5[1])points, (-5[1])name this paired organ (10[3])that (10[1])produces (10[2])the main hormone found in an Epipen. (10[3])■END■ (10[11]0[8])

ANSWER: adrenal glands [accept adrenal medulla]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Andrew Wang	Illinois A	WashU A	22	10
Arya Karthik	Oxford A	Cambridge D	30	-5
Jonathan Huang	MIT A	Brown A	37	10
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	Valencia A	46	-5
Justin Hawkins	Indiana A	Chicago C	48	10
Stevie Miller	Carnegie Mellon A	Michigan State	55	-5
Lily Morris	Bristol	Imperial B	58	-5
Khanh Nguyen	Florida A	Florida State A	59	10
Samuel Kassover	George Washington B	Columbia B	59	-5
Sharath Narayan	Northwestern A	Georgetown A	60	10
Stan Melkumian	Purdue	Notre Dame C	60	10
Roselyn Daffin	Southampton A	LSE	60	-5
Ned Tagtmeier	Chicago A	Missouri	75	10
Justin Keung	Imperial A	Cambridge A	75	10
Arvin Boraghi	Cambridge C	Oxford B	75	10
Derek Chen	Columbia C	Johns Hopkins A	75	10
Alec Riso	Cornell C	RIT A	75	10
Lewis Strachan	Cambridge E	Southampton B	78	10
Ezra Santos	Chicago B	Missouri S&T	85	-5
Richard Niu	Cornell B	Vassar A	85	-5
Rohan Dalal	Georgia Tech C	Tennessee A	86	10
Jacob Finley	Notre Dame A	Iowa	88	-5
Andy Yu	Maryland A	Haverford B	89	10
Nolan Dannels	UCSD	Claremont A	93	-5
Rachel Fanous	Michigan A	Michigan D	93	-5
Calvin Bostleman	Ohio State A	Michigan C	93	10
Alex Smits	Wisconsin B	Minnesota B	93	-5
Arjun Nageswaran	Harvard A	Tufts A	93	10
Max Kolda	Notre Dame B	Georgetown B	93	-5
Tianyu Xu	Georgia Tech A	Bruin A	93	10
Alexandria Wyers	George Washington A	Yale A	93	-5
Emilie Moore	RIT B	Binghamton A	93	-5
Virginia Stewart	Alabama A	Georgia Tech B	95	-5
Rohan Shelke	UC Berkeley B	Claremont B	96	10
Henry Bon	Winona State	Iowa State	96	-5
Neal Joshi	WashU B	Illinois B	97	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas B	TAMU	97	-5
Bryan Ugaz	ASU	Texas A	97	10
Biyang Zhang	Michigan B	Kenyon	99	10
Christopher Dech	Brandeis A	Brandeis B	99	-5
Andrew Zeng	Stanford B	Northwestern B	99	-5
Joel Crossley	Manchester	Durham	99	-5
Kevin Park	Claremont A	UCSD	100	10
Hannah Nieuwveld	Penn A	John Jay College	100	-5
Kaiser Xiao	UCLA	UC Berkeley A	101	-5
Jack Lenga	Carnegie Mellon B	Case Western B	101	10
Enina Edosomwan	Case Western A	Ohio State B	101	10
Nithin Mendu	Wisconsin A	Carleton	101	-5
Chloe Chow	Harvard B	BU	101	-5
CT Tang	Sheffield	Warwick B	101	-5
Shiv Seshan	Cambridge B	Oxford C	102	10
Ryan Rosenberg	NYU A	Maryland B	102	10
Avery Barnett	Haverford A	NYU B	103	-5
William Parocai	Dartmouth A	UMass Boston	104	-5
Abigail Zimmerman	Iowa	Notre Dame A	108	10
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt	NYU C	Warwick A	108	10
Pranaav Senthilkumar	Cornell D	ESF A	108	10
Samir Sarma	Georgia Tech D	Vanderbilt A	109	10
Henry Keating	UCF C	UCF B	110	10
Trenton Burgess	Indiana B	Chicago D	110	10
Fahim Afzal	Cambridge D	Oxford A	117	10
Jerry Vinokurov	John Jay College	Penn A	117	10
Jem Burch	Yale A	George Washington A	117	10
Swapnil Garg	UC Berkeley A	UCLA	118	10
Clete Reinberger	Valencia A	Florida B	118	10
Peter Ballas	Michigan D	Michigan A	118	0
Andrew Harms	Michigan State	Carnegie Mellon A	118	10
Luke Ketchum	Missouri S&T	Chicago B	118	0
Conor Thompson	Iowa State	Winona State	118	10
Puna Ekka	Minnesota B	Wisconsin B	118	10
Aaron Marchand	Carleton	Wisconsin A	118	0
Eren Michelet	BU	Harvard B	118	0
Andrew Vincent	Northwestern B	Stanford B	118	0
John Luke Broussard	TAMU	Texas B	118	10
Arunn Sankar	Georgia Tech B	Alabama A	118	10
Eugenia Tong	Imperial B	Bristol	118	0
Hamish Campbell	Durham	Manchester	118	10
Andy Huff	LSE	Southampton A	118	10
Sam Macchi	Vassar A	Cornell B	118	10
Noah Chen	Columbia B	George Washington B	118	10
Hrishit Chaudhuri	NYU B	Haverford A	118	0
Owen Linder	Binghamton A	RIT B	118	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
California	2025-02-01	3	100%	67%	104.67
Florida	2025-02-01	3	100%	33%	95.67
Great Lakes	2025-02-01	6	83%	33%	102.40
Midwest	2025-02-01	6	83%	17%	70.40
North	2025-02-01	3	67%	100%	118.00
Northeast	2025-02-01	5	40%	60%	65.00
Overflow	2025-02-01	5	60%	60%	76.00
South Central	2025-02-01	2	100%	50%	107.50
Southeast	2025-02-01	4	100%	25%	101.50
UK	2025-02-01	10	80%	50%	98.88
Upper Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	8	88%	63%	105.14
Upstate NY	2025-02-01	3	67%	33%	91.50