Based on Your Knowledge of Signal Amplification, Which Type of Chemical

question 84

Multiple Choice

Based on your knowledge of signal amplification, which type of chemical messenger can have relatively small concentrations within the bloodstream and still get a large response?

• A) steroid
• B) paracrine
• C) lipophilic
• D) autocrine
• E) lipophobic

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Definitions:

Standard Form

A way to write numbers using the digits 0-9, where each digit has its place value; in linear equations, Ax + By = C, where A, B, and C are integers.

Ellipse

A curve on a plane that surrounds two focal points such that the sum of the distances to the two focal points is constant for every point on the curve.

Major Axis

The longest diameter of an ellipse, running through its center and both foci.

Vertices

Vertices are the corner points where two or more lines, edges, or curves meet in a geometric shape or figure.