Growth Flashcards
Increase of protein in the body
True growth
Maturity is ….
Fattening; muscle deposition ceases except when muscles loaded with weight
Closure of epiphyseal-diaphyseal junction on bones “THINK WRIST”
Senescence is ….
The onset of old age
Process of growing old
Growth is….
Measuring growth formula
Weight / Time
OR
W2-W1/T2-21
Growth of cells
Hyperplasia or Hypertrophy
Phases of Growth-Prenatal
Prenatal(Egg-sperm-fertilized egg/ovum-Morula-Blastocyst ( Fluid filled cavity) -Embryo- Fetus
Phases of Growth-Postnatal
Postnatal(pre weaning -post weaning)
Weaning for a calf
7mos
Weaning for pigs
3 to 5 weeks
Weaning for lambs
2-6mos
What affects post weaning gain?
Feed, genetics,sex, age, and climate
Factors affecting growth
External( nutrition and environment)
Internal ( inheritance and hormones)
What occurs if we close one gate for the nutrient supply from the blood for each kind of tissue?
Why is sentence more important in humans than in Farm animal population?