alleryStart learning →Intracellular hormone receptors are located where?
AInside the tooth
BInside the shoe
CInside the book
DInside the cell
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Inside the cell
1. Receptors sit either in the cell membrane or deeper in.
2. The intracellular kind is named for where it sits.
3. Intracellular hormone receptors are located inside the cell.
4. Hormones binding there must be able to cross the cell membrane.
_Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 17 'The Endocrine System', sections 17.1-17.9_
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