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Chapter 13, Problem 5CR
Explain why a 30-year-old short person cannot be made taller by taking a growth hormone.
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describe the functions of human growth hormone and the causes of dwarfism and gigantism
Select ALL the statements that are correct.
Growth hormone production is inhibited by somatostatin.
Growth hormone production is stimulated by the release of the tropic hormone GHRH in the hypothalamus.
Growth hormone production is inhibited by IGF-1 which is secreted by the liver.
Gigantism and acromegaly differ in that gigantism is due to oversecretion of GHRH, not GH.
hGH stimulates the liver to excrete growth factors. In combination with each other, hGH and growth factors affect many body processes.One role of hGH is to metabolize fats. Another hormone in the body that has a similar role to hGH and the gland that secretes that hormone are respectively:
Select one:
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Parathyroid hormone
Thyroid gland
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Gland
Thyroxine
Thyroid gland
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Parathyroid hormone
Parathyroid gland
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Modified MasteringBiology with Pearson eText -- ValuePack Access Card -- for Human Biology: Concepts and Current Issues
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4. Define when you would call a norepinephrine a...Ch. 13 - Explain why a 30-year-old short person cannot be...Ch. 13 - Describe the function of the two hormones from the...Ch. 13 - Prob. 7CRCh. 13 - Prob. 8CR
Ch. 13 - Prob. 9CRCh. 13 - Prob. 10CRCh. 13 - _________ hormones enter target cells and bind to...Ch. 13 - Prob. 2TYCh. 13 - Prob. 3TYCh. 13 - Which two hormones most directly regulate...Ch. 13 - All of the following represent hormone pairs with...Ch. 13 - Prob. 6TYCh. 13 - Prob. 7TYCh. 13 - Prob. 8TYCh. 13 - Prob. 9TYCh. 13 - Prob. 10TYCh. 13 - Prob. 11TYCh. 13 -
12. Which of the following statements about...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13TYCh. 13 - Prob. 14TYCh. 13 - Which of the following would be triggered by a...Ch. 13 - Prob. 1AWKCh. 13 - Explain why an injection of epinephrine to combat...Ch. 13 - From what you read in section 13.5 draw the...Ch. 13 - Prob. 4AWKCh. 13 - Prob. 5AWKCh. 13 - A student finishes up the fall semester with...
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