Multiple choice

Which of the following statements are true regarding androgens?

  1. They stimulate the male pattern of development.
  2. They stimulate the male and female patterns of development.
  3. They contribute to sex drive in male and females.
  4. They contribute to male secondary sex characteristics.
  5. They stimulate protein synthesis.

  1. 1, 2 and 3

  2. 1, 3, 4 and 5

  3. 1, 2, 4 and 5

  4. 1, 2, 3 and 4
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Androgens are male sex hormones that stimulate male pattern development and secondary sexual characteristics. They contribute to sex drive in both males and females and have anabolic effects including protein synthesis stimulation. Statement 2 is incorrect because androgens primarily stimulate male (not both male and female) patterns of development.

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