Gonadal Effect on Bones
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- Oestrogen and androgens
- Affect growth of skeleton
- Accelerate epiphyseal closure
- Oestrogen
- Stimulates osteoblasts to produce matrix
- Inhibits osteoclasts
- Hypogonadism in growing skeleton -> delayed epiphyseal closure and skeletal maturation