Mineralocorticoids Are a Specific Type of Steroid Whose Function Is

question 59

Multiple Choice

Mineralocorticoids are a specific type of steroid whose function is to

• A)maintain pregnancy.
• B)promote development of secondary male sex characteristics.
• C)promote development of secondary female sex characteristics.
• D)regulate the sodium/potassium balance in cellular fluids.
• E)regulate glucose metabolism.

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Definitions:

Complex

In psychology, a related group of emotionally significant ideas that are completely or partly repressed and cause psychic conflict leading to abnormal mental states or behavior.

Oedipus Complex

A concept in psychoanalytic theory referring to a child's unconscious sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy toward the same-sex parent.

Genital Stage

A phase in Freud's psychosexual development theory occurring in puberty, where sexual interests mature and focus on genital organs.

Sublimation

A defense mechanism proposed by psychoanalytic theory where socially unacceptable impulses or idealizations are transformed into socially acceptable actions or behavior.