Local Hormones Are

question 2

Multiple Choice

Local hormones are:

• A)biochemicals released from one cell and transferred via the blood to other (target)cells.
• B)released from a nerve cell and diffuse across a synaptic gap to influence its target cell.
• C)chemicals that are released by a cell into the surrounding extracellular fluid and affect only other nearby cells.
• D)electrical signals that move between adjacent cells.
• E)released from gap junctions directly into the cytoplasm of the connected cell.

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