What Property of Steroid Hormones Allows Them to Cross the Phospholipid

question 54

Multiple Choice

What property of steroid hormones allows them to cross the phospholipid bilayer?

• A)Steroid hormones are lipid soluble and easily cross the phospholipid bilayer.
• B)Steroid hormones can act in very small concentrations and very few molecules of steroids need to cross the lipid bilayer.
• C)Steroid hormones act on cells close to where they were produced and very few molecules are required to travel such a short distance to cross the lipid bilayer.
• D)Steroid hormones act on the same cells in which they are produced and, therefore, are within the cell they are acting upon.
• E)Cells have protein carriers for steroids in their plasma membranes so the steroid can be transported to the cytoplasm.

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