1.What clinical manifestation might you expect in a young patient (8 years of ag
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1.What clinical manifestation might you expect in a young patient (8 years of age) who has had hypersecretion of growth hormone for the entire life?
a. endemic goiter
gigantism
decreased metabolic rate
low blood glucose levels
2. When hormones have a synergistic effect, what does this mean?
The effect of the two hormones is equal to their combined effects added together
An effect that is greater than the sum of the two hormones
One hormone enhances the target tissue's response to the second hormone
The two hormones have opposing effects
a. endemic goiter
b.gigantism
c.decreased metabolic rate
d.low blood glucose levels
Explanation / Answer
1. b (gigantism)
2. a (The effect of the two hormones is equal to their combined effects added together)
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