Puberty Flashcards
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Puberty
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Describes when the body starts becoming sexually mature(reproductive organs develop). Normally happens between 10 and 16
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Male puberty
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Sex hormones(testosterone) are released causing the voice to deepen,hair grows around sex organs,chest,face and underarms,the testes and penis grow bigger and start to produce sperm
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Female puberty
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.In female when the sex hormones(oestrogen and progesterone)are released the breasts develop,hips widen,and hair begins to grow on the body.
.the first egg is released from the ovaries which leads to the first period occurring
