Hypertrophy is a biological response where cells increase in size to adapt to increased demand or stress. This can occur in different body tissues and is often categorized as either physiological or pathological. Physiological hypertrophy is a normal adaptation to stimuli, such as exercise-induced hypertrophy of skeletal muscles. In contrast, pathological hypertrophy is an abnormal response, often related to disease conditions, such as cardiac hypertrophy due to hypertension.
