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  2. Puberty - Wikipedia

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    In response to the signals, the gonads produce hormones that stimulate libido and the growth, function, and transformation of the brain, bones, muscle, blood, skin, hair, breasts, and sex organs. Physical growthheight and weight—accelerates in the first half of puberty and is completed when an adult body has been developed.

  3. List of biological development disorders - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... (stimulates growth) Atrophic: Hypotrophic, dystrophic:

  4. Development of the human body - Wikipedia

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    In response to the signals, the gonads produce hormones that stimulate libido and the growth, function, and transformation of the brain, bones, muscle, blood, skin, hair, breasts, and sex organs. Physical growthheight and weight—accelerates in the first half of puberty and is completed when an adult body has been developed. Until the ...

  5. Child development stages - Wikipedia

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    Growth is steady though slower than in first two years. Adult height can be predicted from measurements of height at three years of age; males are approximately 53% of their adult height and females, 57%. Legs grow faster than arms. Circumference of head and chest is equal; head size is in better proportion to the body.

  6. Breast development - Wikipedia

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    [69] [76] As both the IGF-1R and the EGFR are independently essential for mammary gland development, and as combined application of IGF-1 and EGF, through their respective receptors, has been found to synergistically stimulate the growth of human breast epithelial cells, these growth factor systems appear to work together in mediating breast ...

  7. Supplement brand TruHeight suggests it can help kids grow ...

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    The doctor will likely go over your child’s growth curve, which tracks height and weight over time, to confirm that your child is in a stable growing pattern. “Even if that growth percentile ...

  8. Growth hormone - Wikipedia

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    Growth hormone (GH) or somatotropin, also known as human growth hormone (hGH or HGH) in its human form, is a peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell reproduction, and cell regeneration in humans and other animals. It is thus important in human development.

  9. Acceleration (human development) - Wikipedia

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    The apparent acceleration of body height occurred during the periods around the two World Wars and after the Great Depression. In the mid-nineteenth century European girls' menarche occurred at the average age of 16.5 years. One hundred years later, this age was reduced to under 12 years. [6] Increase in adult height of birth cohorts (cm/decade ...