• Question: Puberty, What's up with that?

    Asked by domian to Poonam, Joseph, Hywel, Patience, Rachael on 14 Jun 2010 in Categories: . This question was also asked by addictedrainbow17.
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      Joseph Cook answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      Puberty is, unfortunately, a necessary part of growing up. It can be very difficult for a lot of people, but the good news is that once it’s over, you get to spend the rest of your life not being in puberty.

    • Photo: Poonam Kaushik

      Poonam Kaushik answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      Puberty is the process of physical changes by which a child’s body becomes an adult body capable of reproduction. Puberty is initiated by hormone signals from the brain to the gonads (the ovaries and testes). In response, the gonads produce a variety of hormones that stimulate the growth, function, or transformation of brain, bones, muscle, skin, breasts, and reproductive organs. Growth accelerates in the first half of puberty and stops at the completion of puberty. Before puberty, body differences between boys and girls are almost entirely restricted to the genitalia. During puberty, major differences of size, shape, composition, and function develop in many body structures and systems. The most obvious of these are referred to as secondary sex characteristics.

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