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At what age does everything in the human body stop growing ?
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After life over...: There are all kinds of growth. If you were referring to skeletal height, the cartilaginous epiphyseal plates, by which long bones lengthen, typically transform into bone in late teenage years. However, bigger picture, body starts as one cell, is an open system (every atom/molecule of which it is made keeps changing, at varying rates) from single cell through death. There are all kinds of growth.
Answered 3/12/2017
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Growth: Growth is a continuous processing takes place over the lifetime of an individual. However much of skeletal growth is completed by the age of 21 years.
Answered 10/1/2017
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