Growth and Development: Childhood to Adolescence

The stage of growth from 1 to 12 years. Many changes take place during this time.

You grow steadily, muscles develop, gain more control, and have new teeth.

Learning language, organizing ideas, understanding feelings, making decisions, and learning new tasks.

Changing socially, making friends, sharing, accepting differences, gaining independence, and taking responsibility.

The ability to do tasks without help.

The period of growth from birth to one year.

The traits passed to you from your birth parents.

A chemical produced by the body that controls certain body processes.

Everything around you, including people, air, food, and where you live.

Usual ways of doing things that affect your body.

A nerve cell that makes up the nervous system.

The main organ of the nervous system; sends and receives messages.

A long column of neurons extending down the back from the brain.

Carry information from sense organs to the brain.

Arteries, capillaries, and veins.