Endocrine
Puberty
Misc Vocab
Biological Functions
Psych
100
puberty
When does the endocrine system becomes fully engage and active.
100
Heredity
What is the major factory that influences the osnet of puberty?
100
coccyx
What is the tailbone?
100
Sebacious glands
What are oil glands?
100
body image
What is the major concern for young adolescents?
200
pituitary
What is the chief endocrine gland?
200
sexual maturation
What is the point at which a young teen has developed the potential to reproduce?
200
puberty
What is the period of rapid physical maturation involving hormonal and bodily changes, including maturation?
200
Obesity
What is the fastest growing health concern for today's adolescents?
200
Hair
What is the one aspect of appearance that young adolescents are most preoccupied with?
300
thyroid gland
What is What gland controls skeletal and muscular growth.
300
88% and 83%
What is the percentage of girls and boys that reach puberty by 14 years of age?
300
asynchronous growth
What is the term used to describe the disproportionate growth rate of young adolescents during puberty?
300
25%
What is the percentage of young adolescents who develop myopia?
300
endomorphic
What is short and stocky?
400
gonads
What gland are stimulated by the pituitaryto create sexual traits of the maturing males and females?
400
amenorrhea
What is name given to the condition where adolescent girls and women stop mentruating due to loss of body fat?
400
myopia
What is near-sightedness?
400
bacteria
What is the cause of body odor?
400
ectomorphic
What is tall and lean?
500
Testes and ovaries
What are the male and female gonads?
500
menarche
What is the name of a young adolescent's first period?
500
Ossification
What is term given to the fusion of the last three vertebrae?
500
20%
What is the percentage of adolescents who consume the recommended allotment of five servings of fruits and vegetables per day?
500
smoking, alcohol and drug use
What are the some of the greatest risk factors for young adolescents?
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