Growth Hormone

Question 1

source of growth hormone is the

Answer 1

pituitary gland

Question 2

what specific cells produce growth hormone?

Answer 2

somatotrophs

Question 3

chemistry of growth hormone

Answer 3

it’s a long peptide

Question 4

regulation of growth hormone starts where?

Answer 4

the hypothalamus

Question 5

what two hormones in the hypothalamus are involved with growth hormone regulation?

Answer 5

GRH and GIH

Question 6

GRH does what to growth hormone secretion?

Answer 6

increases it

Question 7

GIH does what to growth hormone secretion?

Answer 7

decreases it

Question 8

growth hormone stimulates what hormone in the liver?

Answer 8

IGF1

Question 9

what does IGF1 stimulate?

Answer 9

bone growth

Question 10

where is growth hormone stored?

Answer 10

in granules

Question 11

what stimuli increase growth hormone secretion?

Answer 11

stress/exercise
low plasma or glucose or FFA
SWS
after each meal

Question 12

the action of growth hormone is anabolic so it…..

Answer 12

makes proteins

Question 13

since growth hormone makes proteins what does it do to amino acids?

Answer 13

lowers amino acids in the plasma

Question 14

what does growth hormone to do glucose and FFA levels?

Answer 14

elevates

Question 15

pathology of growth hormone - dwarfism

Answer 15

GH deficiency and receptor deficiency

Question 16

pathology of growth hormone - giatism

Answer 16

GH excess in children

endochondral growth

Question 17

pathology of growth hormone - acromegaly

Answer 17

GH excess in adults

intramembranous growth