Steroid Hormones

question 17

Multiple Choice

Steroid hormones

• A) are proteins.
• B) cannot diffuse through cell membranes.
• C) bind to receptors in the nucleus of their target cells.
• D) act on target cells by activating second messenger cascades.
• E) are transported in the blood dissolved in the plasma.

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