HORMONES 2

Question 1

What is meant by a steroid hormone?

Answer 1

Derived from cholesterol and is able to readily diffuse across the plasma membrane, not stored by the cells

Question 2

What is the mechanism of action of steroid hormones?

Answer 2

Hormone diffuses through the cell and binds to the cytoplasmic receptor –> mRNA is then able to move through the cytoplasm where translation takes place and protein is produced and inhibits a particular pathway