Module 6: Growth and Maturation

Question 1

Classifying physique as endomorph, mesomorph, and ectomorph is known as:

Answer 1

Somatotyping

Question 2

Which is not a factor of the condition referred to as “female athlete triad”?

Answer 2

muscle strain

Question 3

Males tend to have their center-of-gravity _______ than females?

Answer 3

higher

Question 4

What is the most widely accepted assessment of maturation?

Answer 4

skeletal age

Question 5

At middle age, there is an apparent decrease in height caused by all the following EXCEPT?

Answer 5

Reduction in femur length

Question 6

Peak weight velocity occurs after peak height velocity.

Answer 6

true

Question 7

What is adolescent awkwardness?

Answer 7

In regard to PHV, the period during the growth spurt when height is increasing at its maximum rate.

Question 8

Boys tend to increase the width of their _______, while girls tend to see increases in their __________ as they mature.

Answer 8

biacromial(shoulders), bicristal(hips)

Question 9

Full height is generally achieved when a male is _____ years old and a female is _____ years old?

Answer 9

21; 18