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Human Anatomy help, please!?
2. A bone is low on collagen. What will that do to the properties of the bone?
6. What kind of growth is available to a bone whose epiphyseal plate is ossified?
8. A person's body starts actively secreting PTH. What gland is working, and why is this happening?
9. What hormones cause a rapid growth spurt in a child followed by no more growth?
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- kidachanLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
2. it will be come ridged and fragile
6. the epiphysisal plate it what allows the bone to grow taller so if that has sealed it can only grow wider, and thicker.
8. gosh I always hated hormones.... anyway PTH, parathyroid hormone is released when there is low Ca+ in the blood stream, released from the Parathyroid and it actions upon the bones to increase CA realse, the kidneys to increase re-absorption of CA and the intesting where CA absorption is increased as well as vitamin D aborbtion ...... I'd give youthe link to the wiki but people have been editing it porly and you have to know what it does before you can figure out that the first paragraph has errors in it
9. Human Growth Hormone (Hgh)
- 1 decade ago
2. The bone will become brittle as in Brittle Bone Disease
6. Thickening
8. Parathyroid gland - secretes parathyroid hormone to regulate levels of calcium in the blood. The correct level prevents calcium leaking out of the bones and into the blood
9. Human Growth Hormone then Somatostatin to put the brakes on when the child has reached its genetically determined height height.
