The ________ secretes a hormone that increases the body's metabolic rate, promotes alertness, quickens reflexes, and stimulates the fetal nervous system

A) thymus
B) adrenal gland
C) thyroid gland
D) parathyroid gland
E) pancreas


C

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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