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A cell's response to a given signal depends on

  • A.which receptors and relay proteins it possesses
  • B.the concentration of the arriving signal alone
  • C.the distance that the signal has already travelled
  • D.the physical size of the signalling molecule itself

Answer: A

Correct answer: which receptors and relay proteins it possesses

The signal carries no instruction of its own - the response is determined by the machinery of the receiving cell. That is why acetylcholine slows the heart, contracts skeletal muscle and stimulates salivary secretion: three cell types, three sets of receptors and relay proteins, three responses to the same molecule.

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