Growth and Development Flashcards
Growth
Increase in size. change in quantity
Development
change in function of organs that the relative proportion of organs. change in quality
-blast
to sprout
cyt-
cell
derm-
skin
ecto-
outside of
en-, endo-
within
meso-medio-
middle
teras-, terat
monster
toti-
whole
Hypertrophy
increase in cell size through increase in organelle size and amount of cytoplasm. ex muscle and nerve cells. mainly postnatal growth
Hyperplasia
Increase in cell numbers through mitosis. Examples in postnatal growth: skin, blood capillaries, liver, adipose tissue. Mainly prenatal growth
Determinate Growth
Body grows up to a certain point (maturity) then growth stops
Indeterminate Growth
Growth continues throughout the lifetime. Fish
Development:
Form and function. Series of uninterrupted correlated events.
Cellular Differentiation
Cells becomes specialized. All cells start from the single fertilized ovum and then turn into liver cells, muscle cells, or skin cells