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Melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH)
Growth hormone (aka somatotropin)
growth hormone (GH)
testosterone
Groth in long bones indicates a total lack of hormones.
Growth Hormone (GH)
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 Epiphyseal or Growth Plate!
Increasing the diameter of the bone
metaphysis
Metaphysis
Epyphisial plate
calcium, phospherous
epiphyseal plate, it is made up of cartilage that expands and is turned into bone with elongates the bone.
is the shaft of any long bone located between epiphyses
A growth line is a dense transverse line observed in radiographs of long bones. These lines represent bone growth after cessation of longitudinal growth.