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ISBN: 9781259188121
Author: Peter Stiling, Robert Brooker, Linda Graham, Eric Widmaier
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 50, Problem 9TY
Which of the following is true of the adrenal glands?
- a. They produce insulin.
- b. They produce hormones that control ion balance and maintain glucose homeostasis.
- c. They produce only steroid hormones.
- d. They are inhibited by the pituitary hormone ACTH.
- e. They chiefly regulate Ca2+ balance.
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