Which statement about steroid hormones is true?

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Steroid hormones are lipid-soluble due to their structure, which is composed of four fused carbon rings. This allows them to easily pass through cell membranes and bind to intracellular receptors.

Answer: A, E 
 Neither choice A nor choice B is true, as steroid hormones are not released via exocytosis or produced by the thyroid gland. Choice D is also false, as steroid hormones are derived from cholesterol rather than tyrosine. However, choices A and E are both associated with steroid hormones. They do not use exocytosis for release, but rather diffusion due to their lipophilic nature. They also activate second-messenger cascades, although they do so through direct binding to intracellular receptors rather than membrane-bound receptors.

Which Statement About Steroid Hormones Is True