Growth
Growth
How do you grow?
Our body is composed of millions of cells. They are so small
that they can only be seen under a powerful microscope. We grow as these cells
divide in two again and again to make new cells. This is called cell
multiplication and mostly happens when we are young. We look young because most
of our body is made from new cells.
Most people live until they are 70 or more. During this time, their body undergoes many changes from growing during childhood to slowly deteriorating in old age.
What is puberty?
What happens at puberty?
Puberty is the time when the body begins to change from a
child's to an adult's. A gif begins to grow breasts and her hips become wider.
She grows hair around her genitals. Eventually, her monthly periods or
menstruation begin. A boy's testes begin to grow and produce sperm. He begins
to grow hair on his chin and his voice deepens
Body changes
We are born with sexual or reproductive organs. These organs
enable us to have children as adults. Puberty is that stage of our life when the
organs develop for US to have children. Puberty comes at different ages in
different people. Girls typically reach puberty at 11 or 12. Boys reach it at
13 or so.
What makes you grow?
The pituitary gland in our brain sends out a chemical in the
blood called the 'growth hormone'. This hormone tells the body cells to divide
and multiply.
What happens when you grow old?
By the time you are 20 or so,
you are fully grown. From then on, your body starts to deteriorate slowly.
People age at different rates, but by the time you are 65 or so, you will be
less fit. The ability to run and jump will reduce. The hair will grey. There
may be baldness. The skin will be wrinkled. You may stoop. All senses will be less
sharp. Still, all body cells except for the nerve cells are continually being
renewed, even when you grow old.
1. Before
cell division begins, each chromosome is copied.
Two copies coil up into dark rods that join to
make an X-shaped pair.
2.
The pair of chromosomes line up across the center of the sell. They stick on to
tiny threads that grow across the sell.
3.
The threads being tugging in opposite directions. The pair
split in half is pulled to the opposite and of the sell.
4.
A new nucleus
starts to from around the cluster of chromosomes is identical.
5. A membrane grows around the two new nuclei, and
eventually the old sell divides down the middle to create two brand new cells.
How cells grow
New human cells are made when old cells split in half. This is
how the body grows when we are young, and how the body cells that are worn out are
replaced by new ones. The process of cell division is called mitosis. It
ensures that each new cell 1st identical and gets a copy of the cell's
instructions or chromosomes,
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