Maturation

Question 1

the process wherein cells become specialized, forming specific tissues and organs.

Answer 1

Differentiation

Question 2

an increase in the absolute number of cells

Answer 2

Hyperplasia

Question 3

an increase in the absolute number of cells

Answer 3

Hypertrophy

Question 4

the direction of growth beginning at the head and extending toward the lower body.

Answer 4

Cephalocaudal

Question 5

the direction of growth proceeding from the body toward the extremities.

Answer 5

Proximodistal

Question 6

Malleability; in regards to growth, it is the ability of tissues to subsume functions otherwise carried out by other tissues.

Answer 6

Plasticity

Question 7

anomalies present at birth, regardless whether their causes are genetic or extrinsic.

Answer 7

Congenial defects

Question 8

any drug or chemical agent that causes abnormal prenatal development upon exposure.

Answer 8

Teratogen

Question 9

the name typically given to a plot of the whole-body growth, having a characteristic shape, where change is relatively slow at first, then accelerates, then plateaus, creating an S shaped curve.

Answer 9

Sigmoid curve

Question 10

a relatively rapid physical growth of the body to recover some or all potential growth fast during a period of negative extrinsic influence. It occurs once the negative influence is removed.

Answer 10

Catch-up growth