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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
[[Latin]] pubescent-, pubescens, present participle of pubescere to reach puberty, become covered as with hair, from pubes | [[Latin]] pubescent-, pubescens, present participle of pubescere to reach puberty, become covered as with hair, from pubes | ||
| − | *Date: [ | + | *Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 1646] |
==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
*1 a : arriving at or having reached puberty | *1 a : arriving at or having reached puberty | ||
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*2 : covered with fine soft short hairs — compare villous | *2 : covered with fine soft short hairs — compare villous | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | '''Puberty''' is the [[process]] of [[physical]] [[changes]] by which a child's [[body]] becomes an adult body capable of [[reproduction]]. Puberty is [[initiated]] by [ | + | '''Puberty''' is the [[process]] of [[physical]] [[changes]] by which a child's [[body]] becomes an adult body capable of [[reproduction]]. Puberty is [[initiated]] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormone hormone] signals from the [[brain]] to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonad 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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genitalia 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. |
| − | In a strict sense, the term puberty (derived from the Latin word puberatum (age of [[maturity]], manhood)) refers to the bodily [[changes]] of [[sexual]] [[maturation]] rather than the psychosocial and [[cultural]] aspects of adolescent [[development]]. [ | + | In a strict sense, the term puberty (derived from the Latin word puberatum (age of [[maturity]], manhood)) refers to the bodily [[changes]] of [[sexual]] [[maturation]] rather than the psychosocial and [[cultural]] aspects of adolescent [[development]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolescence Adolescence] is the period of [[psychological]] and social [[transition]] between childhood and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult adulthood]. Adolescence largely overlaps the period of puberty, but its [[boundaries]] are less precisely defined and it refers as much to the psychosocial and cultural characteristics of [[development]] during the teen years as to the [[physical]] [[changes]] of puberty.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pubescent] |
[[Category: Biology]] | [[Category: Biology]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:37, 13 December 2020
Etymology
Latin pubescent-, pubescens, present participle of pubescere to reach puberty, become covered as with hair, from pubes
- Date: 1646
Definitions
- 1 a : arriving at or having reached puberty
- b : of or relating to puberty
- 2 : covered with fine soft short hairs — compare villous
Description
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.
In a strict sense, the term puberty (derived from the Latin word puberatum (age of maturity, manhood)) refers to the bodily changes of sexual maturation rather than the psychosocial and cultural aspects of adolescent development. Adolescence is the period of psychological and social transition between childhood and adulthood. Adolescence largely overlaps the period of puberty, but its boundaries are less precisely defined and it refers as much to the psychosocial and cultural characteristics of development during the teen years as to the physical changes of puberty.[1]
