Which factor primarily determines hormone specificity?
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: Receptor presence on target cells
Hormone specificity depends on the presence of appropriate receptors on target cells. Only cells with receptors respond to the hormone.
Practice all 40 Hormone Classification and Mechanisms questions
Keep practicing
More Hormone Classification and Mechanisms questions
- Which hormone class is synthesized on demand and not stored?
- Which intracellular event is a common final pathway for many hormone actions?
- Which of the following hormones is synthesized in the rough endoplasmic reticulum and stored in secretory granules until needed?
- Although both are classified as amine hormones derived from tyrosine, how do thyroid hormones differ from catecholamines regarding their tr…
- In the Phospholipase C (PLC) signaling pathway, which molecule is responsible for directly triggering the release of calcium from the endop…
- Which structural feature is characteristic of the intracellular receptors used by steroid hormones to bind to DNA?