Baby Andrea's head and chest are growing at a greater rate than her trunk and legs. This is an example of the
A) velocity curve.
B) proximodistal trend.
C) distance curve.
D) cephalocaudal trend.

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The cephalocaudal trend refers to the idea that growth and development from infancy to childhood occurs in a head-to-tail direction, with growth and development of the head and upper body occurring before that of the lower body. Therefore, Baby Andrea's head and chest growing at a greater rate than her trunk and legs demonstrates this trend. The velocity curve refers specifically to the rate of growth, the proximodistal trend relates to growth from the center of the body outward, and the distance curve refers to the idea that different body parts grow at different rates at different times.

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