An example of a single hormone that can exert effects in different tissues, erythropoietin, made in the kidney stimulates the bone marrow to produce
A)
platelets.
B)
natural killer cells.
C)
red blood cells.
D)
mast cells.
Ans:
C
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A characteristic of hormones is that a single hormone can exert various effects in different tissues. For example, erythropoietin, a traditional circulating hormone, is made in the kidney and stimulates erythropoiesis in the bone marrow.
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