Hormones that influence bone growth and bone remodeling

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The growth hormone is also referred to as ____

Somatotropin

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Somatropin causes the secretion of ____

Somatomedin

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The secretion of somatomedin causes cartilage ___ at the epiphyseal plate and bone ____

Proliferation; Elongation

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Thyroid hormone stimulates the metabolic rate of ___, and thus growth

osteoblasts

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Calcitonin promotes ___ deposition

Calcium

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Sex homones stimulate ____

Osteoblasts

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Sex hormones increase the rate of ___ growth and ___ formation

Cartilage; Bone

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Cortisol, a glucocorticoid, ___ bone loss

Increases

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Cortisol ___ growth at the epiphyseal plate

Impairs

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When circulating serotonin levels are too high, osteoprogenitor cells are ___ from differentiating into osteoblasts

Prevented