Which statement about Anthology stem growth directions is accurate?

Which statement about Anthology stem growth directions is accurate?

• A. The distal growth is 1 mm and the ML growth is 2 mm
• B. The distal growth is 2 mm and the ML growth is 1.5 mm
• C. The distal growth is 3 mm and the ML growth is 4 mm
• D. The distal growth is 0.5 mm and the ML growth is 1 mm

Answer: (B)

Compare growth along the length of the stem (distal) with growth across its width (ML). The accurate statement is the one in which the elongation in the distal direction is greater than the growth in the ML direction. That pattern makes sense because stems typically elongate more than they widen during development. The other statements would imply more widening than elongation or show incongruent magnitudes, so they don’t fit the usual growth pattern.

Compare growth along the length of the stem (distal) with growth across its width (ML). The accurate statement is the one in which the elongation in the distal direction is greater than the growth in the ML direction. That pattern makes sense because stems typically elongate more than they widen during development. The other statements would imply more widening than elongation or show incongruent magnitudes, so they don’t fit the usual growth pattern.