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What anterior pituitary hormone is associated with dwarfism gigantism and acromegaly?
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Growth hormone is produced and released by the anterior pituitary. Excess early in life can produce gigantism, deficiency can cause dwarfism. Later in life, excess causes acromegaly.
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Is The anatomical effects of acromegaly can usually be reversed by surgically removing the tumor from the anterior pituitary?
This is false
What Gigantism and drarfism are both a result of improper functioning of hormones from the?
Gigantism is the result of an over production of growth hormone from the anterior pituitary glad while the growth plates in bone have not yet sealed. Dwarfism is not a single condition but has perhaps as many as 200 caused. Many are genetic and caused by slow or delayed growth. Lack of growth hormone is one of the reasons why this occurs.
WHat trophic hormones are secreted by the anterior pituitary gland?
No not all hormones produced by the anterior pituitary are growth hormones. Growth Hormone is released by the anterior pituitary and it in not a tropic hormone.
Why would a person have thyroid problems if his anterior pituitary gland was damaged?
Anterior pituitary secretes the hormone THS. That is thyroid stimulating hormone. In absence of the anterior pituitary the hormone is not secreted by the thyroid and you get the hypothyroidism.
How does GnRH get from the hypothalamus to the anterior pituitary and what effects does it have on the pituitary?
The hypophysial portal system carries gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) from the hypothalamus to the anterior pituitary. It stimulates the release of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) from the anterior pituitary.
What is the result if the anterior pituitary gland produces growth hormone in an adult?
gigantism
Is The anatomical effects of acromegaly can usually be reversed by surgically removing the tumor from the anterior pituitary?
This is false
Can the anatomical effects of acromegaly can usually be reversed by surgically removing the tumor from the anterior pituitary?
This is false
What causes giantism?
When the anterior pituitary gland produce Growth Hormone excessively, this could result in gigantism.
Adenohypophis is associated with which of the following glands?
Anterior Pituitary Gland
What is an anterior pituitary?
An anterior pituitary is a an alternative name for an adenohypophysis, the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
What Gigantism and drarfism are both a result of improper functioning of hormones from the?
Gigantism is the result of an over production of growth hormone from the anterior pituitary glad while the growth plates in bone have not yet sealed. Dwarfism is not a single condition but has perhaps as many as 200 caused. Many are genetic and caused by slow or delayed growth. Lack of growth hormone is one of the reasons why this occurs.
What gland secretes growth hormones?
anterior pituitary (lobe)
Where does the growth hormone synthesize?
It is synthesized in pituitary. It is the anterior pituitary.
What gland contains the anterior pituitary?
The anterior pituitary is with the posterior pituitary gland. They both are found at the base of the brain.
What is another word for the anterior pituitary?
Ventral pituitary :)... Adenohypophesis is another name for anterior pituitary. Neurohypophesis is another name for posterior pituitary. :)
WHat trophic hormones are secreted by the anterior pituitary gland?
No not all hormones produced by the anterior pituitary are growth hormones. Growth Hormone is released by the anterior pituitary and it in not a tropic hormone.
