human development

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Introduction
Types and rates of human growth
Types of growth data
- Boys’ and girls’ height curves
- Different tissues and parts of the body
Development at puberty
- Alterations in growth rate
  - Increase in body size
  - Development of the reproductive organs and secondary sex characteristics
- Normal variations
  - Sex dimorphism
  - Physical and behavioral interaction
  - Larger size and earlier maturation
Hormones and growth

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