Growth hormone

a. closes the epiphyseal plate of long bones.
b. promotes hypertrophy and hyperplasia.
c. secretion is stimulated by an increased blood glucose level.
d. is the only factor responsible for governing the growth of an individual.
e. all of these answers.


B

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