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Describe the difference between Atrophy, Hypertrophy, Dystrophy, Hypotrophy and give an example of each not just the definition.

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Definition of

Astrophy- muscle waste

Hypertrophy- overgrowth of an organ

Dystrophy- a disorder in which an organ or tissue of the body wastes away.

Hypotrophy- when the tissue of organ get lost because of cells

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examples of

Atrophy- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, poliomyelitis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease), and Guillain–Barré syndrome. atrophying muscle diseases include muscular dystrophy, myotonia congenita, and myotonic dystrophy.m

Hypertrophy- exercise

Dystrophy- Becker muscular dystrophy

Hypotrophy- I don’t know any sorry


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