Question

What are some disadvantages and advantages of compensatory hypertrophy?

Answer 1

May you please explain to me what compensatory hypertrophy is?

Answer 2

Compensatory hypertrophy is a condition when organs or tissues may increase in size when another organ or tissue is damaged.

Answer 3

What do you think an advantage of that would be?

Answer 4

I have no idea :/

Answer 5

Okay. Hold a sec. Imma try my best. okay?

Answer 6

okay, thank you for trying and helping me!! :)

Answer 7

@butterflydreamer @kennybm @Somy

Answer 8

Im sorry i really dont know this. The only thing i couuld say is that i think i know one disadvantage. That it can hurt your body cause your organs arent made for that. Thats all. Im sowy. :'(

Answer 9

It's okay, thank you for trying!

Answer 10

Your welcome i guess.

Answer 11

lol don't worry about it! I tried googling it but got nothing. Anyways thank you again really :)

Answer 12

Okay yw. :) Anytime.

Answer 13

Well hypertrophy when it comes to muscles is that..

When you work out and damage it(it causes minute cuts), it repairs it and creates some extra.. why?

Because you don't wanna tear it again? right? Sooo that's one advantage I can think of, it makes you stronger.

Answer 14

hmm well compensatory hypertrophy is when part of structure is gone and the other part takes care of the function of the removed part thereby increasing in size (instead of regeneration)
so as an advantage i would say that regardless of the fact that its portion was gone, the other side took up its function, thus function is not lost

Answer 15

Thank you so much @kennybm! Your my life savior!

Answer 16

Thank you @Somy for helping me :)

Answer 17

@Somy Are you talking about the liver? How if you remove a part of it, the other region will grow in size and try to compensate the loss of the other part?

Answer 18

yeah