The nurse is reviewing the function of aldosterone with a group of nursing students. To what level of electrolytes in the body would the mineralocorticoid hormone aldosterone respond?
1 . Low levels of calcium
2 . Low levels of sodium
3 . High levels of chloride
4 . High levels of potassium
A) 1, 2
B) 1, 3
C) 2, 4
D) 3, 4
C
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A mineralocorticoid hormone, aldosterone, also responds to high blood levels of potassium or low levels of sodium, not low levels of calcium or high levels of chloride.
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