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Self-test questions: Chapter 20
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Self-test questions: Chapter 20
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Which of the following statements relating to the properties of hormones are correct?
A paracrine hormone exerts its action on the cell that secretes it
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incorrect
All hormones enter the general circulation
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incorrect
Steroid hormones bind to intracellular receptors
correct
incorrect
Peptide hormones are water-soluble
correct
incorrect
Insulin is a steroid hormone
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incorrect
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Both the catecholamines and thyroid hormone travel in the blood bound to albumin.
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False
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Peptide hormones travel in the blood in free solution
True
correct
incorrect
False
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Steroid hormones travel in the blood in combination with carrier proteins
True
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False
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Many anterior pituitary hormones are under negative feedback regulation
True
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False
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Thyroid and steroid hormones exert their main actions by binding to nuclear receptors.
True
correct
incorrect
False
correct
incorrect
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