Lesson 3 — Human Growth Hormone


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This lesson concerns the human growth hormone (hGH). Fundamentally, hGH affects almost every tissue in the body. Some of the tissues are stimulated directly while others are stimulated indirectly through tropic effects. Human growth hormone is produced and secreted by the anterior pituitary gland.

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