Permissiveness Occurs When One Hormone Causes the Loss of Another

question 18

True/False

Permissiveness occurs when one hormone causes the loss of another hormone's receptors,reducing the effectiveness of the second hormone.

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Definitions:

Hair Cells

Hair cells are specialized sensory cells located in the inner ear, pivotal for converting sound and motion into electrical signals for hearing and balance.

Energy Transduction

The process of converting energy from one form to another within living organisms, such as the conversion of light energy to chemical energy in photosynthesis or the conversion of chemical energy from nutrients into ATP.

Receptor Potential

A change in membrane potential in a sensory receptor due to an external stimulus, which can initiate a cellular response.

Rods

Photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye that are responsible for vision at low light levels.