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Hypertrophy is the
increase in the
volume of an
organ or
tissue due to the
enlargement of its
component cells. It is
distinguished from hyperplasia, in...
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Muscle hypertrophy or
muscle building involves a
hypertrophy or
increase in size of
skeletal muscle through a
growth in size of its
component cells. Two...
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Breast hypertrophy is a rare
medical condition of the
breast connective tissues in
which the ****
become excessively large. The
condition is often...
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making heart muscle proteins.
Other inherited causes of left
ventricular hypertrophy may
include Fabry disease, Friedreich's ataxia, and
certain medications...
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Adenoid hypertrophy, also
known as
enlarged adenoids refers to an enlargement of the
adenoid (pharyngeal tonsil) that is
linked to
nasopharyngeal mechanical...
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ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is
thickening of the
heart muscle of the left
ventricle of the heart, that is, left-sided
ventricular hypertrophy and resulting...
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right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH), as well as
concurrent hypertrophy of both
ventricles can also occur.
Ventricular hypertrophy can
result from a variety...
- intersections. This
results in the look of “six-pack abs,” as each
segment hypertrophies on
individuals at the gym who do many sit-ups. The
posterior abdominal...
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Concentric hypertrophy is a
hypertrophic growth of a
hollow organ without overall enlargement, in
which the
walls of the
organ are
thickened and its capacity...
- Wolff's law,
developed by the
German anatomist and
surgeon Julius Wolff (1836–1902) in the 19th century,
states that bone in a
healthy animal will adapt...
