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

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


Answer: D

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