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Terminology
By the Numbers
"The Awkward Stage"
Anatomy
"P"uberty
100
A period of of rapid physical and sexual maturation that occurs in adolescence
What is puberty?
100
This is the age range that puberty begins in adolescents.
What is 9-16?
100
These skills that control handwriting tend to regress in adolescent years.
What are fine motor skills?
100
These 2 organs grow in weight and size, causing more stamina, during the adolescent years
What are the heart and lungs?
100
Adolescents are very concerned with comparisons made between themselves and this term for individuals of the same age or level.
What are peers?
200
This system remains dormant during childhood years.
What is the endocrine system?
200
This is the age range at which most girls have their first mentruation.
What is 12-13?
200
These 4 body parts grow more quickly than the torso of an adolescent.
What are arms, legs, hands, and feet.
200
This body part becomes elongated and is able to hold more.
What is the stomach?
200
This gland, located at the base of the brain, is responsible for body growth and control of the endocrine organs.
What is the pituitary?
300
These glands sit atop the kidneys and play a key role in development, especially in boys.
What are the adrenal glands?
300
This is the age range when boys begin their stage of rapid growth.
What is 12-14?
300
Parents and teachers need to offer students this more than anything during "The Awkward Stage."
What is reassurance?
300
This fancy term for oil glands becomes active in pores of the skin.
What is the sebaceous gland?
300
Examples of these sort of changes adolescent girls experience during puberty include breast development, hip widening, and first menstruation.
What is physical?
400
This is the term used for the process by which vertebrae are fused together
What is ossification?
400
Number of vertebra that fuse together in adolescence to form the coccyx
What is 3?
400
Because this is on the end of most adolescent bones, middle school students are prone to injury.
What is cartilage?
400
This elongates and causes myopia in many middle schoolers.
What is the eyeball?
400
Adolescents are very concerned about the way they are viewed by others, most commonly known by this term
What is perception?
500
This is a primary controller of the skeleton and muscles.
What is the thyroid?
500
This is the percent of middle school students who experience the onset of myopia.
What is 25?
500
The rise in these, over sandlot games, in grade schools and middle schools have caused a rise in adolescent injuries.
What are organized sports?
500
While not scientifically proven, many adults (myself included) believe this ability diminishes and becomes selective during adolescent years.
What is auditory ability?
500
Adolescents have a greater need for this during puberty. Perhaps this explains all the "Knock before entering signs" on teenagers' doors.
What is privacy?