MICROANATOMY

ENDOCRINE ORGANS AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

ENDOCRINE ORGANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Person is a living miniature. Very small, less than 50 inches.
A
Gigantism
B
Pituitary dwarfism
C
Achondroplasia
D
Cretinism
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Definition. A type of reduced stature with normal proportions related to dysfunction of the pituitary gland related to either an isolated defect in the secretion of growth hormone or to panhypopituitarism, i.e., a deficit of all the anterior pituitary hormones. [

Detailed explanation-2: -It tends to run in families. Some causes of acquired pituitary dwarfism include brain tumors or diseases that affect the pituitary or hypothalamus, head trauma, radiation therapy for certain cancers, and an autoimmune condition called lymphocytic hypophysitis.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pituitary dwarfism or dwarfism is a condition that is as a result of insufficient quantities of growth hormone in the body. Children having this condition have an atypically short stature with normal proportions of the body.

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