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Ch. 16 The Endocrine System

Chapter 15, Problem 8

If anterior pituitary secretion is deficient in a growing child, the child will a. develop acromegaly, b. become a dwarf but have fairly normal body proportions, c. mature sexually at an earlier than normal age, d. be in constant danger of becoming dehydrated.

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Hello everyone and welcome to today's video. So, dwarfism is caused by as answered choice. A we have reduced accretion of G H in Children B, reduce accretion of G H in adults, C reduce accretion of L age in Children. D reduce accretion of age in adults. So, dwarfism is going to be related to the growth hormone and it occurs when we have low levels of growth hormones in our bodies at a certain point in our lives. Now, is it going to be in Children or in adults? Well, dwarfism or this deficiency or this reduced secretion of growth hormone in adults is going to have many different consequences. For example, it is going to lead to decreased muscle mass. It is going to lead to increased visceral fat on several al alterations in lipid profile and markers or cardiovascular risk, risk decrease in bone mass and density and many other consequences. So, when we have this reduced equation of the age in adults, it's going to cause all of these. However, it is not going to cause dwarfism and this is because dwarfism only occurs when we had these reduced secretion of the growth hormone in Children. Therefore, the correct answer for this question is going to be answer choice a reduce accretion of growth hormone in Children. I really hope this video helped you and I hope to see you on the next one.
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