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Hypertrophy is the increase of the size of an organ or in a select area of the tissue. Medical Subject Headings ( MeSH) is a huge Controlled vocabulary (or metadata system for the purpose of indexing journal articles and books It should be distinguished from hyperplasia which occurs due to cell division increasing the number of cells while their size stays the same; hypertrophy occurs due to an increase in the size of cells, while the number stays the same. Hyperplasia (or "hypergenesis" is a general term referring to the proliferation of cells within an organ or tissue beyond that which is ordinarily seen in e
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Examples of hypertrophy
Muscular hypertrophy
One of the most common and visible forms of organ hypertrophy occurs in skeletal muscles in response to strength training (known as muscle hypertrophy). Muscle hypertrophy is a scientific term for the growth and increase of the size of muscle cells Strength training is the use of resistance to muscular contraction to build the strength, anaerobic endurance and size of Skeletal muscles There Muscle hypertrophy is a scientific term for the growth and increase of the size of muscle cells Depending on the type of training, the hypertrophy can occur through increased sarcoplasmic volume or increased contractile proteins. The Sarcoplasm of a Muscle fiber is comparable to the Cytoplasm of other cells but it houses unusually large amounts of glycosomes (granules of stored The sliding filament theory describes a process used by Muscles to contract.
Ventricular hypertrophy
Ventricular hypertrophy is the increase in size of the ventricles of the heart. Ventricular hypertrophy is the enlargement of ventricles (lower chambers in the heart Ventricular hypertrophy is the enlargement of ventricles (lower chambers in the heart In the Heart, a ventricle is a heart chamber which collects Blood from an atrium (another heart chamber that is smaller than a ventricle and The heart is a muscular organ in all Vertebrates responsible for pumping Blood through the Blood vessels by repeated rhythmic Changes can be beneficial or healthy if they occur in response to aerobic or anaerobic exercise, but ventricular hypertrophy is generally associated with pathological changes due to high blood pressure or other disease states. Aerobic exercise refers to Exercise that involves or improves oxygen consumption by the body Anaerobic exercise is exercise intense enough to trigger anaerobic metabolism. Hypertension, also referred to as high blood pressure, HTN or HPN, is a medical condition in which the Blood pressure is chronically elevated
Hypertrophy of the breasts
Gigantomastia is the extreme growth of the breasts, i. Gigantomastia is extreme growth of the Breasts (ie 10 pounds per breast and more Gigantomastia is extreme growth of the Breasts (ie 10 pounds per breast and more e. 10 pounds (5 kg) per breast and more. In severe cases it is possible for women to have breasts that weigh well in excess of 20 lb (9 kg) each. Gigantomastia can occur as a rare complication of pregnancy, but also with the more frequently juvenile gigantomastia during puberty (virginal breast hypertrophy). Pregnancy ( Latin graviditas) is the carrying of one or more offspring known as a Fetus or Embryo, inside the Uterus of a Female Virginal breast hypertrophy (VBH is not a medical name but the more known name for juvenile macromastia and juvenile Gigantomastia.
Hypertrophy of the clitoris
In the most pronounced cases, clitoromegaly is a symptom of intersexuality since the large clitoris resembles a penis (the different grade of genital ambiguity is commonly measured by the Prader classification ranging, in ascending order of masculinisation, from 1: Female external genitalia with clitoromegaly through 5: Pseudo-phallus looking like normal male external genitalia). Clitoromegaly (or macroclitoris) is an abnormal enlargement of the Clitoris (not to be confused with the normal enlargement of the clitoris seen during Sexual arousal
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hypertrophy
-noun
- (countable, medicine) An increase in the size of an organ due to swelling of the individual cells
- (uncountable, bodybuilding) Increase in muscle size through increased numbers of muscle fibers; a result of strict diet, weightlifting, and other exercise.
-verb
- (intransitive, of a tissue or organ): To increase in size
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