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The growth hormone is also referred to as ____
Somatotropin
Somatropin causes the secretion of ____
Somatomedin
The secretion of somatomedin causes cartilage ___ at the epiphyseal plate and bone ____
Proliferation; Elongation
Thyroid hormone stimulates the metabolic rate of ___, and thus growth
osteoblasts
Calcitonin promotes ___ deposition
Calcium
Sex homones stimulate ____
Osteoblasts
Sex hormones increase the rate of ___ growth and ___ formation
Cartilage; Bone
Cortisol, a glucocorticoid, ___ bone loss
Increases
Cortisol ___ growth at the epiphyseal plate
Impairs
When circulating serotonin levels are too high, osteoprogenitor cells are ___ from differentiating into osteoblasts
Prevented