Hypoplasia

Hypoplasia (from

1. ^ Definition: hypoplasia. Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 March 2008)
2. ^ Hypoplasia. Stedman's Medical Dictionary. lww.com

References

• Atrophy, when an existing part wastes away

See also

• Breasts during puberty
• Testes in Klinefelter's syndrome
• Ovaries in Fanconi anemia, gonadal dysgenesis, trisomy X
• DiGeorge syndrome
• Labia majora in popliteal pterygium syndrome
• Corpus callosum, connecting the two sides of the brain, in Agenesis of the corpus callosum
• Cerebellum caused by mutation in the Reelin gene
• Tooth caused by oral pathology, such as Turner's hypoplasia
• Chambers of the heart in hypoplastic left heart syndrome and hypoplastic right heart syndrome
• Optic nerve in optic nerve hypoplasia
• Sacrum in sacral agenesis
• Facial muscle in asymmetric crying facies
• Thumb from birth
• Lungs, often as a result of oligohydramnios during gestation or the existence of congenital diaphragmatic hernia
• Small bowel in Coeliac disease
• Fingers and ears in Harlequin type ichthyosis
• Mandible in congenital hypothyroidism

Hypoplasia can be present in any tissue or organ. It is descriptive of many medical conditions, including underdevelopment of organs such as:

(too many cells). Hypoplasia is a congenital condition, while hyperplasia generally refers to excessive cell growth later in life. (Atrophy, the wasting away of already existing cells, is technically the direct opposite of both hyperplasia and hypertrophy.) hyperplasia the opposite of not, but less severe. It is technically aplasia Hypoplasia is similar to ^[2] Although the term is not always used precisely, it properly refers to an inadequate or below-normal number of cells.[1]