Summary of Human Postnatal Growth |
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adolescent spurt adult height adult value adulthood androgens assigned to children average biologic body build Body Composition bone growth Boys and Girls child children whose hand-wrist chromosome chronological age components cortisone cultural curve includes Curves for Height decrease Dental age ectomorphs effect on growth English Boys equals adult weight factors females genetic growing growth from birth growth hormone growth in height growth process growth rates hand-wrist ages height and weight height at age height growth Human growth hypothalamus inches limbs longitudinal maturation is assigned maturity indicators measurements menarche mesomorphs mitosis Morphologic Age muscle normal growth occurs orthodontic peak velocity percentiles period physique pituitary gland postnatal growth PREDICTION OF HEIGHT PRENATAL GROWTH puberty secondary sex secondary sex characteristics secretion secular trend sex apparatus Skeletal Age spurt in height standard deviation taller Tanner teeth thyroid tooth University of Iowa Velocity Curves vertebral column Vitamin Whitehouse and Takaishi Y chromosome