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Why are synthetic hormones, such as those that are often utilized for hormone replacement therapy, just as effective as natural hormones?

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1. C was incorrect.

Not all hormone that is secreted will reach and affect its targets because

A. Hormones can become inactivated or excreted

B. Hormones are often too dilute in the blood to have activate receptors

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