1) What type of action does a steroid hormone bring about once it enters the cel
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1) What type of action does a steroid hormone bring about once it enters the cell? 2) How does an amino-acid based hormone exert its effect upon its target cell? 3) Why is a person more likely to become ill when under persistent stress? 4) Insulin and glucagon have an antagonistic relationship. Under which conditions are each released? 5) Thyroxine (TaA) regulates metabolism. What would be the effect if a person has high concentrations of thyroxine? Low concentrations? How could this be observed in regard to body mass? 6) What role does aldosterone play? 7) What are the primary functions of the plasma proteins? 8) What actions or substances can impair blood coagulation? 9) Which antigens and antibodies are present in type A blood? Type B blood? Type AB blood. Type O blood. 10) What ion is required for coagulation? 11) What group of autorhythmic cells of the heart controls the intrinsic heart rate? 12) How is stoke volume determined? 13) What are some hormones that decrease heart rate? Increase heart rate 14) What does each EKG wave pattern represent? 15) Why is MAP significant? 16) What are the three tunics (layers) of blood vessels and what is the significance of each? 17) How is blood pressure regulated in regard to the following: nervous system, endocrine system, renal regulation 18) What type of relationship exists between peripheral resistance of blood flow and diameter, blood vessel length, and blood viscosity? 19) What are the functions of the lymphatic system? 20) Which class of nutrients is transported to the blood by way of the lymphatic system? 21) What is the result of a blocked lymphatic vessel? 22) What are antibodies and which immune cell releases them? 23) What is the primary function of complement? 24) What is the function of interferons? 25) What is the primary significance of T helper cells? 26) How do cytotoxic T cells do their work? 27) What are the characteristics of the innate immune system? The adaptive system? 28) What cells are parts of the innate system? Of the adaptive system?Explanation / Answer
1. Steroid hormones bind to protein carriers and pass through the plasma membrane of the cell, they then move as a hormone-receptor complex into the nucleus and then by affecting gene expression they act on the target cell.
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