REACHING THE AGE OF ADOLESCENCE

testosterone secreted by testies .

Testes and ovaries are the reproductive organs. They produce the gametes, that is, sperms and ova. In girls,breasts begin to develop at puberty and boys begin to grow facial hair, that is, moustaches and beard. As thesefeatures help to distinguish the male from the female they are called secondary sexual characters . Boys also develop …

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Those glands such as sweat glands, oil glands and salivary glands release their secretions through ducts. , that is called Exocrine glands.Endocrine glands release hormones directly into the bloodstream. So, they are also termed ductless glands.

Reaching Mental, Intellectual and Emotional MaturityAdolescence is also a period of change in a person’s way of thinking.Adolescents are more independent than before and are also self conscious. Intellectual development takes place andthey tend to spend considerable time thinking. In fact, it is often the time in one’s life when the brain has the greatest …

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Development of Sex Organs which show sex organs of humans. At puberty, male sex organs like the testes and penis develop completely. The testes also begin to produce sperms. In girls, the ovaries enlarge and eggs begin to mature. Also ovaries start releasingmature eggs.

The growing voice box in boys can be seen as a protruding part of the throat called Adam’s apple

The human body undergoes several changes during adolescence. These changes mark the onset of puberty. The most important change which marks puberty is that boys and girls become capable of reproduction. Puberty ends when an adolescent reaches reproductive maturity.

Since this period covers the ‘teens’ (13 to 18 or 19 years of age), adolescents are also called ‘teenagers’. In girls, adolescence may begin a year or two earlier than in boys.

Adolescence begins around the age of 11 and lasts upto 18 or 19 years of age