When a patient is diagnosed with a hormone-secreting tumor of the adrenal cortex, which physi-ological response would be expected?
a. Decreased blood pressure
b. Increased incidence of gastric ulcers
c. Increased lipogenesis of extremities
d. Decreased gastric secretion
ANS: B
Increased release of cortisol leads to increased gastric secretions, and therefore an increased in-cidence of gastric ulcers. Hypertension is a result of increased cortisol. The increase of gastric se-cretions causes lipolysis, not lipogenesis.
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