Local Hormones Are

question 22

Multiple Choice

Local hormones are

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

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