B1.1.13—Non-polar steroids Topic Practice
B1.1.13—Non-polar steroids Topic Practice
Practise recognising steroid hormones as lipids and explaining how their non-polar nature allows movement through phospholipid membranes.
How this is tested
- identify testosterone and oestradiol as lipid steroid hormones in MCQ contexts
- explain why non-polar steroids can move between membrane phospholipids
- distinguish steroid movement from transport through hydrophilic channel proteins