Puberty

phase of human life, physiological condition
Subclass of	development of the human body
Facet give	pubescent
Get characteristic	secondary sex characteristic

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.

Sources

Gordon CM, Laufer MR (2005). "Chapter 4: Physiology of puberty". In Emans SJ, Goldstein DP, Laufer MR (eds.). Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (5th ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 120–155. ISBN 978-0-7817-4493-5.
Gungor N, Arslanian SA (2002). "Chapter 21: Nutritional disorders: integration of energy metabolism and its disorders in childhood". In Sperling MA (ed.). Pediatric Endocrinology (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: Saunders. pp. 689–724. ISBN 978-0-7216-9539-6.
Jorgensen, Merete; Keiding, Niels; Skakkebaek, Niels Erik (1991). "Estimation of Spermarche from Longitudinal Spermaturia Data". Biometrics. 47 (1): 177–193. doi:10.2307/2532505. ISSN 0006-341X. JSTOR 2532505. PMID 2049498. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
Marshall WA, Tanner JM (1986). "Chapter 8: Puberty". In Falkner F, Tanner JM (eds.). Human Growth: A Comprehensive Treatise (2nd ed.). New York: Plenum Press. pp. 171–209. ISBN 978-0-306-41952-2.
Rosenfield, Robert L. (2002). "Chapter 16: Female puberty and its disorders". In Sperling, MA (ed.). Pediatric Endocrinology (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: Saunders. pp. 455–518. ISBN 978-0-7216-9539-6.
Styne, Dennis M. (2002). "Chapter 18: The testes: disorders of sexual differentiation and puberty in the male". In Sperling, MA (ed.). Pediatric Endocrinology (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: Saunders. pp. 565–628. ISBN 978-0-7216-9539-6.

Read further

Colborn, Theo; Dumanoski, Dianne; Myers, John Peterson (1996). Our Stolen Future. Little, Brown. ISBN 0316875465.
Ducros, A. and Pasquet, P. "Evolution de l'âge d'apparition des premières règles (ménarche) en France". Biométrie Humaine (1978), 13, 35–43.
Gluckman PD, Hanson MA (2006). "Evolution, development and timing of puberty". Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism. 17 (1): 7–12. doi:10.1016/j.tem.2005.11.006. PMID 16311040. S2CID 26141301.
Herman-Giddens ME, Slora EJ, Wasserman RC, Bourdony CJ, Bhapkar MV, Koch GG, Hasemeier CM (1997). "Secondary sexual characteristics and menses in young girls seen in office practice: a study from the Pediatric Research in Office Settings network". Pediatrics. 99 (4): 505–12. doi:10.1542/peds.99.4.505. PMID 9093289. 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. ISBN 0-444-50296-3. pp 299–306.
Tanner JM, Davies PS (1985). "Clinical longitudinal standards for height and height velocity for North American children". The Journal of Pediatrics. 107 (3): 317–29. doi:10.1016/S0022-3476(85)80501-1. PMID 3875704. Highly useful growth charts with integrated standards for stages of puberty.
Terasawa E, Fernandez DL (2001). "Neurobiological mechanisms of the onset of puberty in primates". Endocrine Reviews. 22 (1): 111–51. doi:10.1210/edrv.22.1.0418. PMID 11159818.
"Research shows how evolution explains age of puberty", ScienceDaily, December 1, 2005

External links