When a child
takes birth the newborn is called infant till a year, when he starts moving he
is called a toddler, then comes the phase of childhood and a fully mature
person is called a adult, the time between childhood and adult is adolescence.
adolescence is the time when the person is in the process of becoming an adult,
who can control their emotions, can act in a society, have intelligence, and is
sexually capable.
What is
adolescence?
Adolescence
is the age in which a person gains social, mental, emotional and sexual
maturity. It is the basically the teen age (13 to 19 years). The time when a
person faces lots of hormonal changes in his or her body. It is the transition
phase from childhood to adulthood.
What is
puberty?
Puberty is
the time when a person male or female gains sexual maturity. By the end of
puberty the person has fully developed reproductive (sex) organs. He/ she has
developed all the secondary sex ogans. A boys is biologically ready to become a
father and a girl is capable of becoming a mother.
Changes
during puberty
Increase in
height: during adolescence there is a sudden increase in the height of
individual. Generally an individual reaches its maximum height by the end of
adolescence.
Change in
physical features: there are many physical changes in an individual during
adolescence, although the changes in male and female body are generally
different from each other.
Changes in
male:
·
growth
of beard and moustaches
·
chest
gets broad
·
development
of pubic hair and hair in armpit
·
development
in penis
·
enlargement
of voice box
·
muscular
development of body
Changes in
female:
·
growth
of mammary gland and breast
·
pelvic
region broadens
·
hips
gets broader
·
development
of pubic hair and hair in armpit
Change in
voice: with the start of adolescence the voice box in case of male gets
enlarged and thus the sound coming out of its get hoarse. In certain cases the
voice box gets large enough that it can be noticed in the throat.it is also
called as adam’s apple.
Increased
activity of sweat and sebaceous gland: the sweat and sebaceous gland gets
activated. The sweat gland produces lots of sweat, similarly the sebaceous
gland also produce sebum, the oil, leading to skin problems like acne and
pimple.
Development
of hair: there is development of the pubic hair and the hair in armpit
Mental and
emotional maturity: an individual gets mental and emotional maturity at this
stage. The brain gets developed at this stage and a person has maximum learning
power.
Sexual
feeling: during adolescence a liking towards opposite sex develop
Development
of sex organs: the pituitary gland release hormone to activate the sex organs
such that they can release the gametes. The ovary release ovum and the testes
release sperm it start with the development of sex organs.
Secondary
sexual character: sexual character develop in human beings
Changes in
male:
·
growth
of beard and moustaches
·
chest
gets broad
·
development
of pubic hair and hair in armpit
·
development
in penis
·
enlargement
of voice box
·
muscular
development of body
Changes in
female:
·
growth
of mammary gland and breast
·
pelvic
region broadens
·
hips
gets broader
·
development
of pubic hair and hair in armpit
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