session 3 Flashcards
Changes in the Male at Puberty
Genital development begins
- Pubic hair growth (Adrenarche)
- Spermatogenesis begins
- Growth spurt (10cm/year)
- Genitalia adult
- Pubic hair adult
the change of puberty the male starts at age?
9
Changes in the Female at Puberty
* Breast bud (Thelarche) – the first sign that puberty has begun. * Pubic hair growth (Adrenarche) * Growth spurt (9cm/year) * Onset of menstrual cycles (Menarche) * Pubic hair adult * Breasts adul
the change of the puberty at the female start at the age —–?
8
the physiological changes at puberty ?
Pulsatile GnRH secretion leads to rise in FSH and
LH
the start ofpuberty is associated with a steady rise in FSH and LH secretion.
-Rise in GnRH could be reduction in sensitivity to
–‘ve feedback by steroids, or (more likely) due
to ‘maturation’ of central mechanisms
why the GnRH hormone increase at the puberty
-Rise in GnRH could be reduction in sensitivity to
–‘ve feedback by steroids, or (more likely) due
to ‘maturation’ of central mechanisms
Critical weight is———- for menarche
47kg
Growth spurt start weight is——- for girls and—–for boys
30kg , 55kg
what is the important hormone release by the adipose tissue initiate secretion of the GrRH AND important for puberty
leptain
Adrenarche (Pubic and Axillary hair) occur dueto the effect of
adernogen in both sexs
the female are shorter than man why?
Oestrogen closes epiphyses earlier in girls.
Oestrogen is needed to initiate the growth spurt,
but once levels reach a certain point it causes the
epiphyses to fuse.
Growth Spurt depend on
growth hormones and steroids
Thelarche (Breast Development depend on
estrogen
the development of male genitalia in puberty depend on
testosterone
the tanner staging measure the puberty according to
breast,
genitals
and pubic hair development
Precocious Puberty
The development of the signs of
puberty before the age of 8 in Girls or 9 in Boys
there are two types of precocious puberty?
central (true ) and peripheral (pseud) precocious puberty
what is the True (central) precocious puberty
due to neurological causes. Early
stimulation of central maturation giving early, inappropriate
GnRH secretion. The cause of the majority is unknown, but
they can be due to neurological causes:
1-CNS tumors
meningitis
trauma
late treatment of CAH ( ACT AS trigger )
what is the peripheral precocious puberty
uncontrolled Gonadotrophin or steroid secretion like * Hormone secreting tumours or hormonal ingestion
-mc- cune - testotoxcosis adreanl tumors CAH IN male gonadal tumors HCG secreting Hepatoplastoma ]sex hormones ingestions (oral contraceptive )
Treatment for the precocious puberity
Explanation & reassurance n idiopathic causes
i
Stop the causative
drug——GnRH agonist
removalof tumor
what is the Pre-Menopause
it is the period after the 40 years and before the menopause
in the pre-menopause there is —–
- decrease in fertility
- increase in fertility
- absence of fertility
decrease in fertlity
The Menopause
Cessation of menstrual cycles
in menopause the increase of FSH more than LH due to the effect of ——
decreae of the inhibin hormone