A boy is likely to be growing again at the rate he last experienced about age two. Anthropometry is the study of the measurement of the human body in terms of the dimensions of bone muscle and adipose fat tissue.

Body Measurements
Measurement of human body parts and dimensions. Ratios compare two quantities like the size of one part of the body to the size of another part or to the size of the whole. Click column headings with arrows to sort all organs of the human body. The overall size and mass of the human body are used as proxy measures for many purposes for the assessment of health st atus obesity malnutrition disease and work capacity. Includes location of organs inside the body what they look like and their function. An example of a human body ratio is a persons arm spanthe. Sortable list of the largest organs of the human body.
Measures of subcutaneous adipose tissue are important because individuals with large values are reported to be at increased risks for hypertension adult onset diabetes. One study siminoski and bain 1988 found a weak correlation between the size of the stretched penis and foot size and height. However it was too weak to be used as a practical estimator. Weve included a few human body parts which are not human organs greyed out to make size comparison easier. A statistically significant correlation between penis size and the size of other body parts has not been found in research. Size and other body parts.
During the adolescent spurt in height for a year or more the velocity of growth approximately doubles. Human development human development increase in body size. The peak velocity of height phv a point much used in growth studies averages about 105 centimetres per year in boys and 90 centimetres in.