Q.Distinguish between dwarfism and cretinism, both hypoactivity disorders but of different glands.

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Dwarfism = GH deficiency (stunted stature, normal proportions); cretinism = thyroid hormone deficiency in infancy (stunted growth PLUS impaired mental development). …

Dwarfism results from growth hormone deficiency during childhood, before the epiphyseal growth plates have fused; it produces severely stunted overall stature, but body proportions generally remain close to normal, since growth is reduced roughly uniformly. Cretinism results from thyroid hormone deficiency specifically during infancy and early childhood, a period when adequate thyroid hormone is essential not just for skeletal growth but for normal development of the nervous system; the result is a combination of stunted physical growth AND impaired mental development, distinguishing it from dwarfism, which …

Distinguish the two disorders by (a) the hormone/gland involved (GH/pituitary vs thyroid hormone/thyroid) and (b) whether mental development is also affected (only in cretinism, s …

Treating dwarfism and cretinism as interchangeable 'stunted growth' conditions -- they involve entirely different hormones/glands, and only cretinism also impairs …