Review the following mechanisms, and select the one by which anabolic steroids act
a. Inhibiting hypertrophy of the adrenal cortex
b. Promoting hypertrophy of the adrenal cortex
c. Blocking cortisol uptake in muscle and liver cells
d. Enhancing cortisol uptake in muscle and liver cells
ANS: C
Anabolic steroids promote anabolic (rather than catabolic) activity by blocking cortisol uptake in muscle and liver cells.
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