growth hormone

Question 1

Inhaled glucorticoids has ________ effects on growth

Answer 1

minimal

Question 2

Children spend a lot of time in Tanner ____ stage, and it may be helpful to be more specific

Answer 2

III

Question 3

Tanner III and Tanner V breast development can be difficult to distinguish.

Answer 3

yep

Question 4

Tanner staging of male genitalia is very inexact – stretched penile length, penile girth, and testicular volume are more reliable measurements.

Answer 4

yep

Question 5

Overweight children deposit adipose tissue in the breast area. This doesn’t count in Tanner staging; palpate for true breast tissue.

Answer 5

yep yep

Question 6

somatic growth was regulated by GH’s stimulation of hepatic IGF-I production, with IGF-I acting in an endocrine fashion on peripheral tissues to promote growth

Answer 6

somadomedin hypothesis

Question 7

hypothyroidism stops _____ growth

Answer 7

statural growth

Question 8

Children grow very slowly in stature around age 2, placing them at a lower height percentile.

Answer 8

yep

Question 9

Growth hormone or glucocorticoid deficiency leads to _____ statural growth

Answer 9

slows