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The ________ system has sensory receptors in the inner ear and is responsible for determining head orientation and position.

Very young children’s throws tend to consist of primarily what type of action?

Both maintenance of quiet stance and maintenance of dynamic balance (during movement) rely on anticipatory postural adjustments.

The sound patterns to which we are exposed in infancy might be the basis for cultural preferences for certain types of music.

Which of the following is the fastest growing in infancy and childhood?

Until age 50 years, the loss of muscle mass is slight (approximately 10% of muscle mass).

Because not all muscle fibers are differentiated to a specific type of fiber, such as type I or type IIb, we know that infants’ early activities influence the proportion of fiber types, so we can prepare them to excel at certain kinds of activities in later life.

Deficiencies of hormones rather than excesses of hormones disturb the normal process of growth and development.

A very young child’s early attempts at sidearm striking often resembles early attempts at throwing overhand.

Newborns move their eyes in the direction of a sound.