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What does acromegalic mean?
Acromegalic means "pertaining to or characteristic of acromegaly", or a person affected by acromegaly, a disease involving enlargement of the bones of the hands, feet, face and jaw.
How does acromegaly affect other body systems?
Acromegaly causes a number of physical changes over time. Since growth hormone is responsible for organ, bone, and muscle development, overproduction leads to an abnormal growth of these tissues. People with acromegaly may have swelling in the hands and feet and develop a harsh facial appearance as the jawbone protrudes, the tongue enlarges, and the chest rounds. The heart grows, which impairs its function, and other tissue growth constricts the nerves, causing weakness, vision impairment, and headaches. In many cases, bone deformation causes joint pain, which can lead to severe arthritis.Skeletal SystemNervous SystemrespiratoryPretty much all systems are affected
What is the labyrinth?
a tortuous anatomical structure; especially : the inner ear or its bony or membranous part -- see BONY LABYRINTH, MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH ; the cavity in the petrous portion of the temporal bone that contains the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear -- called also osseous labyrinth
What type of joint is a vertebrae?
Membranous bone. To remember which bones are membranous vs. cartilaginous, think of it this way: cartilage has no time to grow in the place of what will become membranous bones, though it does for cartilaginous. This means that membranous bone develops before cartilaginous bone. I don't know how true this is ontogenetically, but it works for me.As membranous bone is the type of bone which develops first, it follows that it would be the type which provides the most important protection: cranial, vertebral, facial (excluding the mandible, I believe), and if I remember correctly, the ribs, sternum, and clavian bones are all membranous bones. Limb bones are all cartilaginous.n.A bone that forms directly in membranous connective tissue, as some cranial bones, instead of developing from cartilage.Read more: membrane-bone
What disease is characterized by enlarged skeletal parts?
Acromegaly
What bone is affected by a colles fracture?
Leg bone
Make a sentence with this word acromegaly?
Acromegaly is a disease, so you could write something like this: "Acromegaly is a hereditary disease which concerns the extremities of the body".
Is a bone marrow is the outermost layer of the bone?
The outermost membranous layer covering the bone is the periosteum. Beneath it are, in order, blood vessels, compact bone, spongy bone, and bone marrow, where blood cells are produced.
What are some causes of acromegaly?
Acromegaly is caused by prolonged overproduction of GH by the pituitary gland.
What bone is affected when a horse gets bucked shins?
The cannon bone of a horse's leg is affected when they get bucked shins.
Is acromegaly contagious?
no
Acromegaly is the result of the hypersecretion hormone true or false?
Acromegaly is the result of hypersecretion of growth hormone
