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| provide information and scientific procedures related to the study of biological growth and development. Concerned with the meaningful understanding of nature, distribution, and significance of biological variation on humans |
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| the branch of science concerned with biological growth and body measurement |
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| the pattern of physical changes in individuals or groups |
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| used to plot growth from one year to the next |
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| better reflects the individuals growth state at any particular moment than it does the distance or change in growth achieved in preceding years |
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| when a single male sperm unites with the egg in the female's fallopian tubes |
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| last for approximately 14 days after conception, cell differentiation begins inner and outer mass formed |
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2-8 weeks
human for takes shape, internal organs begin to develop, CNS developed |
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8 weeks - birth
baby grows and develops |
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| age of viability! able to live outside of womb |
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| flexible cartilage is replaced by bone |
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| occurs during early adolescence, represents the life span's most dramatic period of biological change |
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| or the time of the female's first menstrual flow |
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| one of the primary agents that stimulates the adolescent growth spurt |
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| stimulate the production of estrogen in the ovaries and androgens (testosterone) in the testes |
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| describes a body type that is soft and round in contour |
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| describes a body with well defined muscularity and balanced body proportions |
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| describes the leanest of the body types, with characteristics typically associated with an extremely thin individual |
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| the mechanism for maintaing the linear form of the bone |
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| loss of total bone mass to such an extent that the skeleton is unable to maintain its mechanical integrity |
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| body weight and body composition are terms frequently used to describe an individuals body mass |
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| observations such as "todays population is taller and heavier and matures earlier than generations past" |
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