Eicosanoids, unlike the autocrine hormones (e.g. adrenaline), exert their actions:
A. Systemically
B. Throughout the extravascular system
C. locally
D. only in the brain
The right answer is option C, Locally
In human beings, eicosanoids are referred to as local hormones. These are released by majority of the cells and they act on the same or nearby cells where it's secretion is initiated.
Eicosanoids are released in response to inflammation and immunity. They also serve as messenger in cebtarl nervous system (CNS).
eicosanoids are actually mediators of autocrine hormones.
Thus eicosanoids acts locally on the same or nearby cells. Hence right answer is option C, locally.
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