Hormonal Effects on Tissue and Skeletal Growth
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What is the structure of somatomedins similar to?

  • Proinsulin (correct)
  • Growth hormone
  • Chondroitin sulphate
  • Insulin receptors

    • What stimulates skeletal growth by increasing the thickness of epiphyseal cartilage?

  • Somatomedins (correct)
  • Osteoblast
  • Chondrocytes
  • Growth hormone releasing hormone

    • What hormone affects GH secretion and is increased by sleep and hypoglycemia?

  • Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs)
  • Somatostatin
  • Growth hormone inhibiting hormone (GHIH)
  • Growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) (correct)

    • Which polypeptide is synthesized in the liver, cartilage, and other tissues?

    <p>Somatomedins (IGF-1)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What stimulates osteoblast to deposit Ca++ in the periosteum and new bone formation?

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