Adolescence

  • Adolescence: The change from childhood to sexual maturity
  • Puberty occurs at different times for everything
  • Puberty is controlled by the sex hormones in the ovaries and testes
  • The changes that boys see are: Voice deepening, growth of body hair, muscle development, enlargement of genitals, beginning of semen production
  • The changes that girls see are: period begins, hips broaden, breasts grow, body hair grows, ova is produced
  • Menstruation: A monthly cycle which stops during pregnancy and the stages of it are controlled by hormones