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How do hormones maintain homeostasis?

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Important Questions on Chemical Coordination and Integration

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Why steroid hormone can easily pass through the cell membrane ?
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Which type of hormone interacts with intracellular receptors?
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Hormone production and release are primarily controlled by _____ (negative/positive) feedback.
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Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) does not help in the action of
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Receptor for which hormone is not situated within the nucleus?
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The _____ and amount of hormones released by endocrine glands are controlled by the feedback mechanism, which is inbuilt in our body.
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What is the function of phosphodiesterase in hormonal signaling?
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Discuss the role of cyclic AMP for the mechanism of hormonal actions. 
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Which type of hormone action involves binding directly to DNA?
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Which one of the following is not a second messenger in hormone action?
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Most water-soluble hormone molecules circulate in the watery blood plasma in a 'free' form (not attached to other molecules).
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What is the significance of receptor specificity in hormone action?