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Author:   David Sinclair (former Emeritus Professor of Anatomy, University of Western Australia; and former Emeritus Professor of Anatomy, University of Aberdeen) ,  Peter Dangerfield (Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Liverpool Medical School) ,  Peter Dangerfield
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   6th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.468kg
ISBN:  

9780192629050

ISBN 10:   0192629050
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   24 September 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Human growth after birth; Definition; Major factors in controlling growth; Molecular biology, genetics and growth; Processes of growth; Cell growth, division and the cell cycle; Cell differentiation; Regulation of cell populations; Growth of the intercellular matrix; Phases of growth; Growth curves; Mathematical models of growth; 2. Growth in height and weight; Growth curves and growth heights; Prediction of adult height; The merits of size; Short stature and gigantism; The problems of extreme size; 3. Growth of tissues; Connective tissues; Body fat; Skin; Muscle and Tendon; Nervous tissue; Cartilage and Bone; Body symmetry and asymmetry; 4. Growth of systems; Patterns of growth by system; 5. Indices of Maturity; Bone age; Dental age; Sexual age and puberty; Age of menarche; Estimation of chronological age from anatomical data; Neural age; Physiological age; Late and early development; 6. Changes in shape and posture; The allometry equation; Shape of the infant; Changes in shape with growth; Classification of physique; Changes in posture with growth; Drawbacks of the erect posture; 7. Genetic and hormonal factors influencing growth and maturation; Genetic control; Neural control; Growth hormones; 8. Environmental factors influencing growth and maturation; Environmental effects on the body; Nutrition; Altitude; Secular trends; Socio-economic class; Disease; Antenatal; Seasonal; Climate; Exercise; Emotional; 9. Growth and repair; Growth cycles: wear and tear; Growth activity in the reproductive tract; Repair of skin; Repair of fractures; Muscle; Joints and tendons; Other tissues and organs; Nerves; 10. Disturbance of growth; General disturbances; Achondroplasia; Down's syndrome; Other genetic deficiencies; Pituitary dwarfism and growth hormone replacement; Thyroid hormones; Adrenal gland hormones; Sex hormones; Other hormones; Constitutional delayed growth; Determination of progress; Local disturbances; Congenital; Hyperplasia, hypoplasia & hypertrophy; Atrophy; Malignancy and cancer; 11. Old age; Senescence; Ageing of cells and tissues; Degeration; Changes in tissue matrix; Ageing of systems; Theories of ageing

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