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What hormone stimulates the elongation of the long bones of the body?
Groth in long bones indicates a total lack of hormones.
What is a hormone that stimulates the elongation of the long bones in the body?
Growth Hormone (GH)
What happens when too much growth hormone is released?
If your body is not fully grown, the hormone will continue to make the long bones grow longer. That will increase height and produce a giant. If the ends of the bones are "closed" the growth will be a widening of the bone producing a problem called acromegalia.
The area of a long bone where growth in bone length occurs is the?
The Epiphyseal or Growth Plate!
Appositional growth of a long bone has the effect of?
Increasing the diameter of the bone
What is the site of long bone growth?
metaphysis
Where is the growth plate found on a long bone?
Metaphysis
What is the growth zone of the long bone called?
Epyphisial plate
What are the three hormones for long bone growth?
calcium, phospherous
Where is the disc that growth of a long bone takes place?
epiphyseal plate, it is made up of cartilage that expands and is turned into bone with elongates the bone.
Where is the diaphysis?
is the shaft of any long bone located between epiphyses
What are growth lines?
A growth line is a dense transverse line observed in radiographs of long bones. These lines represent bone growth after cessation of longitudinal growth.
