The steroid hormones are indicated as green diamond shape. Receptors are indicated as blue oval shape with a depression in the middle. DNA is represented as double stranded helical structure. mRNA is represented as a spiral structure. The action of steroid hormone is explained in a sequence using arrow marks.

1. The steroid hormone enters the cell.
2. It binds to the receptor to form the hormone-receptor complex.
3. The hormone-receptor complex enters the nucleus and binds to the DNA.
4. The binding starts the transcription of specific genes to mRNA.
5. The mRNA moves into the cytoplasm and starts protein synthesis and results in altered cellular function.