Cell Signalling and Transduction
A cell is known to respond to a particular signaling molecule. Which of the following must be true of this cell?

It contains the receptor for the signaling molecule
It is incapable of signal transduction
It is also the site of production for the signaling molecule
It is in the heart muscle

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Cell Signalling and Transduction
If a disease of the blood vessels caused the endothelial cells of the vessel to die, what effect would that have on the cellular activities associated with vasodilation?

Smooth muscle cells could not be made to relax
Nitric oxide would no longer be produced
It would be more difficult to increase blood flow and reduce blood pressure
All of these

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Cell Signalling and Transduction
The signaling molecules called steroid hormones

bind to cell surface receptors to trigger chemical cascades
never enter the blood of humans
are made in one location of the body but have their effects some distance away
are hydrophilic and so cannot penetrate the plasma membrane

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