Question

in their mechanism of action, a difference between lipid-soluble and water-soluble hormones is that _____.

Answer 1

In their mechanism of action, a difference between lipid-soluble and water-soluble hormones is that lipid-soluble hormones diffuse into the cell's plasma membrane to access protein receptors, while water-soluble hormones bind to protein receptors on the plasma membrane without diffusion.

Examples of lipid-soluble hormones are steroids. Examples of water-soluble hormones are polypeptides.