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Excessive glucocorticoid production (Cushing’s syndrome) causes an increase in

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 Excessive glucocorticoid production (Cushing’s syndrome) causes an increase in.


  1. Skin thickness.
  2. Bone strength.
  3. Blood glucose.
  4. Arterial pressure.
  5. The rate of wound healing.

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A. False Skin is thin due to protein catabolism; striae appear.

B. False Bones are weakened by breakdown of the protein matrix.

C. True Due mainly to gluconeogenesis.

D. True Due to the salt and water retention caused by gluco- and mineralocorticoids.

E. False Healing is slowed in this catabolic state.

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