Aside from having potent anti-inflammatory effects, glucocorticoids also promote homeostasis of which system?
1. Reproductive
2. Gastric
3. Hematopoietic
4. Cardiovascular
3
Rationale 1:Glucocorticoids do not affect the reproductive system.
Rationale 2:Glucocorticoids do not affect the gastric system.
Rationale 3: Glucocorticoids affect the metabolism of nearly every cell in the body. During stress, these hormones mobilize the formation of glucose and increase the breakdown and use of proteins and lipids. They have a potent anti-inflammatory effect and suppress the immune system, affecting the hematopoietic system.
Rationale 4:Glucocorticoids do not affect the cardiac system.
Global Rationale: Glucocorticoids affect the metabolism of nearly every cell in the body. During stress, these hormones mobilize the formation of glucose and increase the breakdown and use of proteins and lipids. They have a potent anti-inflammatory effect and suppress the immune system, affecting the hematopoietic system.
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