Veterinary Physiology-III

GROWTH

• Growth is a biological synthesis of new biochemical units. It is the aspect of development concerned with increase in living substance or protoplasm which includes one or all of the three processes,
  • Cell multiplication, e.g. cleavage of egg into daughter cells, formation of blood corpuscles, monocytes, hair follicles, and ectoderm cells.
  • Cell enlargement e.g. nervous tissue and skeletal tissue
  • Incorporation of material taken from the environment e.g. proteins and minerals.