Hormones

Question 1

Growth hormone:

Answer 1

PRODUCES IGF WHICH CAUSES CARTILAGE PROLIFERATION AT EPIPHYSEAL PLATE, RESULTING BONE ELONGATION

Question 2

thyroid hormone:

Answer 2

STIMULATES BONE GROWTH BY STIMULATING METABOLIC RATE OF OSTEOBLASTS

Question 3

Estrogen/testosterone:

Answer 3

STIMULATE OSTEOBLASTS; PROMOTE EPIPHYSEAL PLATE GROWTH AND CLOSURE

Question 4

Calcitriol:

Answer 4

STIMULATES ABSORPTION OF CALCIUM IONS FROM THE SMALL INTESTINE INTO THE BLOOD

Question 5

Parathyroid hormone:

Answer 5

INCREASES BLOOD CALCIUM LEVELS BY ENCOURAGING BONE RESORPTION BY OSTEOCLASTS

Question 6

Calcitonin:

Answer 6

PROMOTES CALCIUM DEPOSITION IN BONE AND INHIBITS OSTEOCLAST ACTIVITY