Growing and Changing

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Chapter 3

• Growing and Changing

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_____ send messages from all parts of your body
to your brain.

• the brain stem
• motor nerves
• sensory nerves
• the thyroid gland

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Sensory nerves

• Send messages from all parts of your body to your
  brain.

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Permanent teeth usually grow in

• the prenatal period
• infancy
• adulthood
• childhood

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Permanent teeth usually grow in

• childhood

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All cells usually divide at the same speed.

• true
• false

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All cells usually divide at the same speed.

• False

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The thyroid gland controls a persons

• hair color
• brain stem
• weight
• balance

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The thyroid gland controls a persons

• weight

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The prenatal growth period lasts

• 9 weeks
• 9 months
• 1 year
• 12 months

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The prenatal growth period usually lasts

• 9 months

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Where is the pituitary gland located?

• behind the eyes
• heart
• brain
• lungs

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The pituitary gland is located in the

• brain

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Your muscles keep growing in length even after
your bones stop growing.

• true
• false

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Your muscles keep growing in length even after
your bones stop growing.

• false

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What parts of the bone actually grow?

• just the ends
• They grow all over
• the bottom end
• the middle part

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The parts of the bones that actually grow are

• the ends

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The pituitary gland may not be releasing enough
__ if you never have any growth spurts.

• nutrients
• neurons
• cartilage
• growth hormone

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The pituitary gland may not be releasing enough
__ if you never have any growth spurts.

• growth hormone

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If you damaged your cerebellum, you might have
trouble

• breathing
• remembering things
• thinking
• standing

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If you damaged your cerebellum, you might have
trouble

• standing

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You learn to recognize places and people during

• adulthood
• infancy
• the prenatal period
• adolescence

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You learn to recognize places and people during

• infancy

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These are like chemical messengers

• glands
• hormones
• neurons
• motor nerves

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Hormones

• are like chemical messengers.

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The pituitary gland affects the

• entire body
• muscles
• head
• arms and legs

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The pituitary gland affects

• the entire body

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Nutrients are moved from the blood to the cells
of bone muscle tissue by

• the cerebellum
• the endocrine system
• exercise
• growth spurts

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Nutrients are moved from the blood to the cells
of bone muscle tissue by

• exercise

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The brain is covered with folds grooves to

• fill up all the extra space as you grow
• allow the cerebellum to control thinking
• store sensory messages from the body
• allow many neurons to be together in a small space

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The brain is covered with folds grooves to

• Allow many neurons to be together in a small space

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When a cell grows to a certain size, it

• divides
• starts getting smaller
• dies
• evaporates

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When a cell grows to a certain size, it

• divides

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The thyroid gland is located in the

• neck area
• brain
• intestines
• middle part of the bone

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The thyroid gland is located in the

• neck area