Multiple Choice
Which is true about hormone binding to the proteins found in plasma?
A) Steroid hormones do bind to plasma proteins.
B) The binding proteins that transport hormones are hormones themselves.
C) The tighter that a hormone binds to a carrier protein in the plasma,the faster the body can usually get rid of that hormone.
D) Hydrophobic hormones like steroid and thyroid hormones need binding proteins because they are not very soluble in the blood plasma.
E) Only peptide-type hormones can bind to the carrier proteins found in the plasma.
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