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  • Steroid hormones easily pass through the plasma membrane by simple diffusion because they  Option: 1 Are

Steroid hormones easily pass through the plasma membrane by simple diffusion because they

 

Option: 1

Are water soluble

 

 

 


Option: 2

Contain carbon and hydrogen

 


Option: 3

Enter through pores

 


Option: 4

Are lipid soluble

 


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Mode of Steroid Hormone Action through Intracellular Receptors:

  • Steroid hormones are lipid-soluble and easily pass through the cell membrane of a target cell into the cytoplasm. 
  • In the cytoplasm, they bind to specific intracellular receptors (proteins) to form a hormone-receptor complex that enters the nucleus.
  • In the nucleus, they regulate gene expression or chromosome function.

Steroid hormones easily pass through plasma membrane by simple diffusion because they are lipid soluble.

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