Hormone receptor molecules are the key to understanding specific-ity of hormone action on target cells. Describe and distinguish be-tween receptors located on the cell surface and those located in the nucleus of target cells. Name two hormones whose action is medi-ated through each type of receptor.

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A: Epinephrine binds to adrenergic receptors for further signaling pathway.

Q: what is an example of steroid hormone concept map with 10 terms?

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Q: The binding of small amounts of hormones to target cell receptors triggers an intricate signal…

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Q: Generally, a cell that is affected by a particular steroid hormone would be expected to have…

A: A steroid hormone is a steroid that acts as a hormone.

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Q: Explain how the hormone-receptor complex can alter theG proteins on the inner surface of the plasma…

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Q: How is hormone binding to its receptor different from allosteric regulator binding to an enzyme?

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Q: Name seven hormones produced by the anterior pituitary gland. Why are four of these seven hormones…

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Q: a) The trafficked along the of the csRH protein must be cleaved off before it can be to the cell…

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Q: Propose an explanation for why defects in a particular hormone cascade pathway observed in patients…

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Q: n general, what is the target cell’s response to the steroid hormone? Is the cell’s response quick…

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Q: Why is it regarded extraordinary that a monomeric hormone may attach to two identical receptor…

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Q: Human growth hormone binds to a cell-surface membrane protein that is not a receptor tyrosine…

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Q: In a hypothetical cAMP-mediated signal transduction cascade, the GTP-αs/adenylate cyclase…

A: cAMP is an intracellular secondary messenger for signal transduction which allows to pass the…

Q: Explain why mutations that alter hormone receptors can influencethe response to a hormone.

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Q: What is an example of endocrine signaling? O Gap junctions O synatpic cleft O testosterone A O…

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Q: Describe the path that an endocrine hormone takes from the cell that produces it to its target cell.…

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Q: A new hormone is discovered that binds to receptors on the target surface. Describe the chemical…

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Q: Peptide hormones interact with what structures on the surface of a cell?

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Q: Describe the general properties of a receptor and howa target cell may decrease or increase its…

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Q: List the major chemical classes of hormones found in the human body. Compare and contrast the…

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Q: Explain why second messenger systems are needed for peptide hormones.

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Q: Signals carried by hormones must eventually be terminated. Describe several different mechanisms for…

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Q: Explain the sequence of events in epinephrine’s action as a hormone.

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Q: Hormones are often synthesized and stored in an inactiveform within secretory vesicles. Secretion…

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Q: Why is the fact that a monomeric hormone binds simultaneously to two identical receptor molecules,…

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Q: In terms of their relative duration of signaling, which of the following is the odd one out? O…

A: In Paracrine signalling,the cells release the signals to bind on target cells located at short…

Q: Hormones can be assigned to what three general classesbased on the molecules they are derived from?

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Q: How is hormone binding to its receptor more like an allosteric regulator binding to an enzyme than a…

A: All hormone receptor they carry an allosteric switch.

Q: Why do peptide and steroid hormones bind different kinds of receptor, and how does this difference…

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Q: What happens to the human growth hormone receptorwhen it binds hGH?

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Q: List two or three factors that make it advantageous for peptide hormonesto be synthesized as…

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Q: Once a steroid hormone binds to its receptor, the hormone-receptor complex .. a) becomes water…

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Q: How could you determine whether a hormone-mediated response hasresulted from the intracellular…

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Q: Which of the following is true of both GPCR signaling and steroid hormone signaling? They both…

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