When plotting an infant's weight or length on a percentile growth chart, a curve is produced that can be used to follow the infant's growth.What is this curve called?
A)Growth velocity
B)Growth channel
C)Catch-up growth
D)Lag-down growth

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As a growth pattern develops on a growth chart, the curve produced is known as the growth channel and is reported as a percentile based on the chart.Growth velocity is a measure of the rate of growth during a specified period of time and usually starts high in infancy and then decreases as the person gets older.Catch-up growth is when a smaller infant starts to reach his or her genetic growth potential by increasing growth rate during the first year of life, and lag-down growth is when a larger infant's growth rate decreases to its genetic potential.

When Plotting an Infant's Weight or Length on a Percentile