Answer the following
(a) Name the various stages of growth in human beings.
(b) Define puberty and adolescence.
(c) List three changes that occur during puberty.
(d) What is Adam's apple?
(e) What are secondary sexual characters?
( What is responsible for secondary sexual characters?
(g) Name the master gland of the body.
Answers
Answer:
a) The following stages of life are described in detail: germinal stage, embryonic stage, fetal stage, infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.
b) Adolescence is the period of transition between childhood and adulthood. It is generally considered to start with puberty, during which sexual maturation occurs and adolescents go through a spurt in growth.
Puberty is the time in life when a boy or girl becomes sexually mature. It is a process that usually happens between ages 10 and 14 for girls and ages 12 and 16 for boys. It causes physical changes, and affects boys and girls differently. In girls: The first sign of puberty is usually breast development
c) 1 Start of puberty. Between 9 ½ and 14 years old.
2 First puberty change . Enlargement of the testicles.
3 Penis enlargement.
d) the part at the front of the throat which moves up and down when a man talks or swallows
e) Secondary characteristics are the result of hormonal changes in the body during puberty. These changes are faster in girls than in boys. Some changes are common in both boys and girls while others are specific to each gender.
f)The pituitary gland, which hangs by a thin stalk from the hypothalamus, is called the master gland of the body because it regulates the activity of the endocrine glands.