d.Free because of their lipid-soluble chemistry CORRECT ANS-B
Peptide or protein hormones, such as insulin, pituitary, hypothalamic, and parathyroid, are
water soluble and circulate in free (unbound) forms. The other options are not true
statements related to the transport of protein hormones.
when insulin binds its receptors on muscle cells, an increase in glucose uptake by the muscle
cells is the result. This is an example of what type of effect by a hormone?
a.Pharmacologic
c.Synergistic
b.Permissive
d.Direct CORRECT ANS-D
Direct effects are the obvious changes in cell function that specifically result from the
stimulation by a particular hormone. The other options are not used to identify the described
effect.
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