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Uncommon card · Science
Adrenal gland, an Uncommon card
The adrenal glands are endocrine glands that produce a variety of hormones including adrenaline and the steroids aldosterone and cortisol.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 96
- Power
- 172
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 160,000
Ranked #1,351 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Adrenal gland quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Adrenal gland card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
They are found above the ______.
Answer
kidneys. They are found above the kidneys. From the Adrenal gland article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Adivasi. Adivasi 88 · Vector space 84 · Ecosystem 79 · Adrenal gland 76 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- They are found above the kidneys.
- Each gland has an outer cortex which produces steroid hormones and an inner medulla.
- The adrenal cortex itself is divided into three main zones: the zona glomerulosa, the zona fasciculata and the zona reticularis.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Adrenal gland article was read about 160,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 96: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Adrenal gland
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Adrenal gland (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Antinksčio sandara.png Author: EdgarasLe, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
