Growth Hormone Flashcards
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Growth Hormone (GH)
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Stimulates growth, especially muscular and bones, potent metabolic effects, stimulates protein synthesis, inhibits breakdown, stimulates fat and carbohydrate breakdown for energy (useful for starvation)
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Epiphyseal Plates
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GH Stimulates this for growth of long bone, they are the cartilage zones where all growth occurs
3
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Estrogen
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Closes the epiphyseal plates, when the plates fuse/ossify no more growth occurs
4
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Gigantism
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Caused by hi GH from hypothalamus/pituitary tumors, GH acts on height only during growth phase
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Robert Wadlow
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Had gigantism, caused by Pit tumor, 8’11’’
6
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Acromegaly
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can be caused by too much growth hormone in adults
7
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Dwarfism
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too little GH
