Glucocorticoids
A)are secreted by the adrenal cortex.
B)influence carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism.
C)function during times of infection, injury, and anxiety as part of the stress response.
D)are exemplified by cortisol.
E)fit all of these descriptions.

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Glucocorticoids are secreted by the adrenal cortex and influence carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism. They also play a role in the stress response during times of infection, injury, and anxiety, and cortisol is a type of glucocorticoid. Therefore, all of the choices are correct.