Thirteen year old Ryan has a size 10 shoe even though he is just five feet tall. In fact, it seems as though parts of his body are growing at different rates. Why would this be so?
A) The different parts of the adolescent's body do not grow at the same pace.
B) Adolescent growth is proximodistal.
C) Adolescent growth is cephaulcaudal.
D) Although adolescents appear as though their body parts are growing at different rates, they are growing symmetrically.
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