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A 69-year-old alcoholic has had severe, progressively increasing epigastric pain for the past 24 hours. He has been nauseous, and he vomited three times. Laboratory studies show hypocalcemia and metabolic hypochloremic alkalosis. The primary metabolic effect of the principal hormone secreted by the alpha cells of this organ is
(A) augmentation of calcium deposition in bone
(B) increase of amino acid storage in the liver
(C) promotion of lipogenesis in liver and adipose tissue
(D) inhibition of gluconeogenesis
(E) stimulation of glycogenolysis
A 69-year-old alcoholic has had severe, progressively increasing epigastric pain for the past 24 hours. He has been nauseous, and he vomited three times. Laboratory studies show hypocalcemia and metabolic hypochloremic alkalosis. The primary metabolic effect of the principal hormone secreted by the alpha cells of this organ is
(A) augmentation of calcium deposition in bone
(B) increase of amino acid storage in the liver
(C) promotion of lipogenesis in liver and adipose tissue
(D) inhibition of gluconeogenesis
(E) stimulation of glycogenolysis
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