PS275 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Muscular Development, Skeletal Muscle, Ossification
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Chapter 6: physical development: the brain, body, motor skills, and. In first few months, babies gain over 28g each day and 2. 5cm each month. Developments in muscles, bones, central nervous system largely determine the physical feats that children are capable of performing at different ages. Often double birth weight by 4-6 months of age and triple it by end of first year. By 2, toddlers already half their eventual adult height and have quadrupled their birth weight to about. From age 2 to puberty, children gain about 5-8cm in height an about 3kg in weight each year. Growth may be not as noticeable between 6-11, middle childhood however is once again obvious at puberty. Newborn"s head is 70% of its evetual adult size and one quarter of body"s total length. Chest and internal organs form first followed by arms and legs and then hands and feet.
