Cortisol,a Lipid-Soluble Hormone Is Released into the Blood

question 28

Multiple Choice

Cortisol,a lipid-soluble hormone is released into the blood.Predict what cortisol might do.

• A) can dissolve in the blood as free hormone
• B) needs fenestrated capillaries to move out of the blood stream
• C) readily diffuses through capillary wall
• D)rapidly degraded by proteases in the bloodstream
• E) may have carbohydrates attached to give a longer half-life

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