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6 years ago
When a patient is diagnosed with a hormone-secreting tumor of the adrenal cortex, which physi-ological response would be expected?
 
  a. Decreased blood pressure
  b. Increased incidence of gastric ulcers
  c. Increased lipogenesis of extremities
  d. Decreased gastric secretion
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6 years ago
ANS: B
Increased release of cortisol leads to increased gastric secretions, and therefore an increased in-cidence of gastric ulcers. Hypertension is a result of increased cortisol. The increase of gastric se-cretions causes lipolysis, not lipogenesis.
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