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Mystery #4Tier 2-3cells / growth

Why don't you just keep growing forever?

If growing is just cells dividing, and many of your cells can keep dividing for years, why don't you carry on getting taller and taller forever? Something tells your body when to stop. What?

An X-ray of a child's hand, showing small gaps near the ends of the finger bones: the growth plates where new bone is added while you are still growing.
Photo: Mikael Häggström · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons

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