Question

Name the full form of GH and the gland that secretes it. Mention its any two functions. Name the hormone that inhibits the secretion of GH and disorder caused due to the failure of its secretion.

Answer 1

GH is an abbreviation for growth hormone secreted from pituitary gland. It causes an increase in the length of bone and cell growth, proliferation and division to promote the general growth of the body.

Somatostatin is a hormone secreted from the hypothalamus that inhibits secretion of GH. Failure of somatostatin secretion results in oversecretion of growth hormone. This eventually leads to gigantism in children and acromegaly in adults.