[Succession in the morphological organization in human postnatal ontogeny]

Preserving morphological organization succession in the human postnatal ontogenesis is studied in the growth processes in 7-17 years old boys. Canonical variables are separated by canonical correlation method, which are those maximally correlated morphological structures relating to each other hierarchically: body--head, body trunk--limbs, brain--face. It is shown that morphological organization succession is provided by preserving the stable level of interdependence between morphological structures, which are under relatively independent genetical control. The stability of this interdependence in disturbed only during the "critical phase" of adolescent spurt, which is characterized by maximal rate of morphofunctional development. After this phase initial level of the interdependence is restored.