Expert: Walter Hintz - 7/21/2006

Question
normally height of a normal human being stops increasing after a certain age.if it is due to growth hormone why it is so/can you give a detailed explanation to me .please sir im searching for it a lot

Answer
Heighth is determined by growth in the long bones,  There are growth plates at the bone ends.  During puberty the growth rate is stimulated by testosterone and estrogens.  The growth rate is rapid and the growth plates literrally "burn out" by the end of puberty