Your patient tells you that he has just been told that his computed tomography results were abnormal. You can expect that his sympathetic nervous system has stimulated his adrenal gland to release what?
A) Endorphins
B) Dopamine
C) Epinephrine
D) Testosterone
Ans: C
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In the sympathetic-adrenal-medullary response to stress, the sympathetic nervous system stimulates the adrenal gland to release epinephrine and norepinephrine.
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