Which one of the following pairs of hormones are the examples of those that can easily pass through the cell membrane of the target cell and bind to a receptor inside it (mostly in the nucleus)?
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Cortisol and testosterone are lipid soluble hormones, which can directly pass through the cell membrane of the target cell and bind with intracellular receptors. Steroid hormones can pass through the membrane very easily and also bind to the receptor present inside the nucleus.
The hormones that cannot easily be passed through the membrane are peptide hormones. These are insoluble hormones.
Cortisol is a steroid hormone secreted from the adrenal cortex and testosterone is also a steroid hormone secreted by the testes.
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