The Half-Life of a Hormone Is

question 106

Multiple Choice

The half-life of a hormone is

• A) one-half of the time it takes to synthesize the chemical messenger molecule.
• B) the time necessary to reduce the hormone concentration in the blood to half of what had been secreted.
• C) half the time until the hormone molecule dissolves.
• D) half of the duration of the hormone's effects on its target cells throughout the body.

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