How do lipid-soluble hormone receptors cross the plasma membrane?
a. Diffusion
b. Osmosis
c. Active transport
d. Endocytosis
ANS: A
Lipid-soluble hormones cross by diffusion, not by osmosis, active transport, or endocytosis.
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