H_D 101 Lecture Notes - Mutation, Sage Publications, Bone Density
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Childhood (cid:149) patterns of growth: (cid:149) cephalocaudal development: growth proceeds from head downward (cid:149) proximodistal development: growth and development proceed from center of the body outward. Childhood (cid:149) growth norms: expectations for typical gains and variations in height and weight for children based on chronological age and background (cid:149) growth in infancy: (cid:149) growth in early and middle. This photo by unknown author is licensed under cc by-sa-nc (cid:149) biological and contextual. Physical development in adolescence (cid:149) puberty: adolescents mature physically and become capable of reproduction (cid:149) driven by hormones (cid:149) testosterone (cid:149) estrogen (cid:149) roughly 4-year process. Adolescent growth spurt: rapid gain in height and weight in adolescence (cid:149) typically - 2 years (cid:149) males -- taller than females. (cid:149) Sex differences in body shape emerge. (cid:149) cephalocaudal growth trend reverses. Characteristics: body changes that are directly related to fertility. Characteristics: body changes that indicate physical maturation but are not directly related to fertility.
