KINESIOL 2F03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Heredity, Allometry, Hyperlipidemia
15 Sep 2016
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Set of processes, target is to reach an adult state (eg. potential height, optimal weight) Genetics (heredity) : born with certain potential, pre-programmed. Nutritional status: eg. malnourished kids, overfed kids at infancy obesity (mature early) Accidental injury: broken bones, accidents during birth (eg. causing cp) Height, weight, body composition, level of maturity (tanner: breast development, axillary hair tanner stages 1-5 of physical maturity. First 2 decades of life: includes the prenatal period. Week before birth, week after birth; aka perinatal birth. Results: increase in body size, increase in specific body (segments, taller, heavier, increase in lean tissue (muscle), adiposity (body fat %), organ size. Rapid growth / increase after birth, levels off. Level off as adults then decrease slightly during old age. Predominance of one or another process varies with age and tissue involved. Starts early in fetal development: cell division, mitosis. # muscle fibres is fairly set shortly ( a few months ) after birth post-natally: genetic predisposition.
