When Marcy arrived home, she was shocked to see that her house had been burglarized and ransacked, and she was terrified that the burglar might still be in the house. It is very probable that, in reaction to what she found, Marcy's sympathetic nervous system stimulated her adrenal medulla to secrete hormones called:

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The sympathetic nervous system response to a stressful situation like experiencing a burglary is the release of catecholamines (epinephrine and norepinephrine) from the adrenal medulla, which prepares the body for the "fight or flight" response. Choice A and B refer to different hormones produced by the adrenal cortex, and choice D refers to an enzyme involved in telomere maintenance, which is not directly related to the stress response.

When Marcy Arrived Home, She Was Shocked to See That