3/17/2014 test #3 Flashcards
Does not occur at the same rate Is influenced by all three constraints has no unified theory (covering 3 domains)
Development
Skeletal Ossification Size and shape Dental Deciduous and permanent teeth X-ray of teeth and jaw (ossification) Age of menarche Genitalia maturity
Scales of maturation
Biological Inherited Environmental Maturation (Process Biological time clock- largely genetic ) Physical growth (Changes in lengths, diameters, breadths, ratios, relative and absolute dimensions Rate (velocity) and distance (absolute) Sexual maturation and reproductive maturation Genetic and environmental )
Growth and Maturation
(picture of x-ray of hand) Skeletal ossification Epiphyseal plates Size and shape (old people bones are swollen with arthritis, makes joints bigger )
More on scales of maturation
Increases in Stature Mass Fat free mass (FFM) fat mass relative fatness (percent) sum of skin folds
With age and sexual maturity
Stature mass FFM
increases across age and maturation
Fat mass triceps skin folds sub scapular skin fold
very little changes across age and maturation
Relative fatness (percent) goes down
decrease across age and maturation
Changes are rapid reach “maturation” stay that way 40 years changes at old age slow determining maturation is difficult
Challenge of scales
Explains growth before birth
Hyperplasia
Explains growth after birth
Hypertrophy
Gender differences in growth and maturtation