Question

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
Pick out the false statement pertaining to acromegaly:

• A. oversecretion of somatotropin after adolescence causes this disease
• B. the person gets a giant stature
• C. long bones of the limbs elongate
• D. the person looks like a gorilla

Answer 1

The correct option is B the person gets a giant stature

GH or STH (Growth or Somatotropin Hormone) stimulates body growth, protein, fat and carbohydrate metabolism. Hypersecretion of this hormone during the period of skeleteal growth causes gigantism characterized by excessive growth of bones, with the enlargement of internal organs as well. Hypersecretion in adulthood causes acromegaly. Here thr, bones become abnormally thick due to ossification of periosteum and thickening of soft tissues as well.

So the correct answer is the person gets a giant structure.