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Approximately how many centimetres do people grow per year post-natal? |
5 to 6cm/year |
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Approximately how many kilograms do people put on per year post-natal? |
2.5kg/year |
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In an adolescent growth spurt, how many cm does a boy grow? |
20cm |
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In an adolescent growth spurt, how many kg does a boy put on? |
20kg |
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In an adolescent growth spurt, how many cm does a girl grow? |
16cm |
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In an adolescent growth spurt, how many kg does a girl put on? |
16kg |
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Why are males taller than female? |
They have a longer period of growth available to them. (Girls stop growing- age 16; Boys stop growing age 18) |
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What is the crude prediction of adult weight and height in males/boys? |
2 x (height or age) at 2 years= adult height/weight |
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What is the crude prediction of adult weight and height in females/girls? |
2 x height at age 18 months= adult height 5 x weight at age 18 months= adult weight |
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What is the General Curve? |
Whole body development |
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What does 'neural' refer to? |
Central nervous system, brain and skull structures |
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What does 'lymphoid' refer to? |
Immune system |
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What does 'genital' refer to? |
Reproductive system, secondary sex characteristics |
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What is cephalo-caudal rule? |
Growth velocity gradients move downward from the head Cephlo- head, Caudal- toward the tail, trunk, legs |
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What is growing rapidly during early foetal growth? |
Head is the fastest growing |
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What is growing rapidly during the infancy growth phase? |
Trunk (axial) growth accelerate |
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Define distal |
Away from mid line - limbs are always in advance of the proximal segments |
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Define Proximal |
Close to mid segments of the body |
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From birth to maturity, how much does your head increase by? |
2 times |
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From birth to maturity, how much does your trunk increase by? |
3 times |
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From birth to maturity, how much do your arms increase by? |
4 times |
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From birth to maturity, how much do your legs increase by? |
5 times |
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What is the Resultant Effect? |
Changes in Centre of Gravity |
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Compared to Whites/Asians, Blacks have: |
Longer limbs, longer legs, smaller circumferences CoG is higher than other individuals of the same height |
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What can Peak Height Velocity be a key variable of?
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To gauge/compare typical development of other variables e.g. lean-bone-menarche |
