Question

Which of the following example of hypertrophy

Answer 1

Examples of hypertrophy -

• Enlargement of skeletal muscle due to excessive exercise / intentionally for enlargement of specific parts.
• Increase in the size of the heart due to aortic stenosis.

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• Hypertrophy - The addition/enlargement in the volume of an organ / tissue due to the addition/enlargement of its component cells.
• It is differentiated from hyperplasia, in which the cells remain approx. the same in size but increase in number.
• Eccentric hypertrophy is a type of hypertrophy I which the walls and chamber of a hollow organ undergo growth in which the overall size and volume enlarges ( It is applied especially to the left ventricle of heart ).