Puberty

Puberty be de process of physical changes thru wich kiddie ein body dey matures into an adult body capable of sexual reproduction. Ebe initiated by hormonal signals from de brain to de gonads: de ovaries insyd a female, de testicles insyd a male. For response to de signals, de gonads dey produce hormones wey stimulate libido den de growth, function, den transformation of de brain, bones, muscle, blood, skin, hair, breasts, den sex organs. Physical growth—height den weight—dey accelerate insyd de first half of puberty wey edey plete wen an adult body develop. Before puberty, de external sex organs, dem know as primary sexual characteristics, be sex characteristics wey dey distinguish males den females. Puberty dey lead to sexual dimorphism thru de development of de secondary sex characteristics, wich further dey distinguish de sexes.

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 Ducros, A. and Pasquet, P. "Evolution de l'âge d'apparition des premières règles (ménarche) en France". Biométrie Humaine (1978), 13, 35–43.

  Newer data suggesting that lower age thresholds for evaluation should be used.
 Plant TM, Lee PA, eds. The Neurobiology of Puberty. Bristol: Society for Endocrinology, 1995. Proceedings of the latest (4th) International Conference on the Control of the Onset of Puberty, containing summaries of current theories of physiological control, as well as GnRH analog treatment.
 Sizonenko, PC. Role of sex steroids during development—integration Archived 2013-07-04 at the Wayback Machine. in Bourguignon, Jean Pierre & Tony M. Plant. The Onset of Puberty in Perspective: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on the Control of the Onset of Puberty, Held in Liège, Belgium, 26–28 September 1999. Elsevier. Amsterdam & New York 2000. . pp 299–306.
  Highly useful growth charts with integrated standards for stages of puberty.

 "Research shows how evolution explains age of puberty", ScienceDaily, December 1, 2005

External links

 Support for teens (archive)
 University of Maryland guide to puberty and adolescence
 Growing Up Sexually: A World Atlas
 Pictures and detailed information about breast development during puberty
 Puberty in females: interactive animation of Tanner stages
 Puberty in males: interactive animation of Tanner stages


Category:Adolescence
Category:Human development
Category:Human female endocrine system
Category:Sexuality den age