Your patient has just had an argument with his spouse. You can expect that his sympathetic nervous system has stimulated his adrenal gland to release which of the following?
A) Endorphins
B) Dopamine
C) Epinephrine
D) Testosterone
Ans: C
Feedback: In the sympathetic-adrenal-medullary response to stress, the sympathetic nervous system stimulates the adrenal gland to release epinephrine and norepinephrine. Corticotropin-releasing factor, ACTH, and glucocorticoids are released in the hypothalamic-pituitary response to stress.
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