KINESIOL 3U03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cellular Respiration, Vo2 Max, Stroke Volume
14 Apr 2016
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From birth to childhood you undergo growth, maturaion and development: the growth is variable, growth can afect pa and pa can afect growth. First 2 decades of life: includes the prenatal period. Results: increase in body size, increase in speciic body parts (segments, taller, heavier, increase in lean issue (muscle), adiposity (body fat %), organ size. Adolescence (12-18: very rapid growth due to hormones. Boys and girls are similar unil adolescent growth spurt. Girls start puberty before, boys grow longer at a slower rate, boys have bigger growth spurt. Maturaion is a process: occurs in all issues, organs, organ systems. Maturity is a state: varies with the biological system considered, measure maturity not maturaion, not all systems mature at the same ime. Common indicators: skeletal maturaion: x-rays of the wrist, compare to atlas: this the best way, sexual maturaion: only a short period of ime, somaic maturaion: growth chart, dental maturaion: erupion/calciicaion.
