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

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


A. thyroid gland

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