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What are the characteristics of adolescence period?
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The characteristics of adolescence stage are:
Development of
secondary sexual characters
in both sexes.
In males
→ Broadening of shoulders, increased muscular and bone growth, increase in height, appearance of hair on face, chest, pubis, etc., deepening of voice.
In females
→ Broadening of pelvis, growth of pubic and axillary hair, enlargement of breasts, broadening of buttocks due to deposition of subcutaneous fat.
Development of
moral reasoning
.
Frequent
mood swings
and
emotional turbulence
due to increased production of hormones (sex hormones).
Increase in the size of sex organs in both sexes.
In males
→ Increase in the size of scrotum and penis under the influence of testosterone.
In females
→ Enlargement of uterus, increase in ciliated epithelial cells of fallopian tube, stratification of cuboidal epithelium of vagina under influence of estrogen hormone of the ovary.
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