After a Hormone Has Exerted Its Effects, It Typically

question 22

Multiple Choice

After a hormone has exerted its effects, it typically

• A) continues to act until an opposing hormone is secreted.
• B) spontaneously degrades.
• C) is inactivated or removed from the blood.
• D) is absorbed by its target cell.
• E) is absorbed by the gland that secreted it.

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