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Physiological Changes in Adolescence

Adolescence, spanning ages twelve to twenty-one, marks a period of significant physiological development initiated by puberty. During puberty, individuals undergo physical transformations, including growth spurts, development of sexual characteristics, and the onset of reproductive capabilities. The process is divided into three stages: prepubescent, pubescent, and postpubescent, each characterized by distinct physical changes.

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Physiological Changes in Adolescence

Adolescence, spanning ages twelve to twenty-one, marks a period of significant physiological development initiated by puberty. During puberty, individuals undergo physical transformations, including growth spurts, development of sexual characteristics, and the onset of reproductive capabilities. The process is divided into three stages: prepubescent, pubescent, and postpubescent, each characterized by distinct physical changes.

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DEVELOPIN

G ONE’S
WHOLE
BEING
Personal
Development
Physiological
Development in
Adolescence
ADOLESCEN
CE
Adolesc
ence
• Adolescence is generally referred to as the
teenage years, which start at about the age of
twelve and end at the age of twenty-one.

• The beginning of the physiological


development is signaled by the onset of
puberty.

• There are children who experience puberty as


early as the age of nine.
PUBER
TY
Pube
rty
• Puberty refers to the physical
transformation that a child
experiences as sexual maturity
is reached.
• It is at this stage that the child
may be overly concerned with
appearance and body image.
Pube
rty
• Puberty comes from the Latin
word pubertas which means
adult.
• During the stage of puberty, the
body becomes mature. The
individual becomes capable of
sexual reproduction.
Physical
Changes
During
[Link] height and weight increase.

Puberty
[Link] testes of the male start to produce sperm and
the ovaries in the female begin to release egg
cells.
3. The secondary sex characteristics develop
[Link] body grows and develops as seen in the
growth of fats and muscles.
[Link] are improvements in the circulatory and
respiratory systems that provide endurance for
exercise.
Physical
Changes in
Males
Physical Changes
in Males 8. Enlargement of the prostate
[Link] of the testes and the
scrotum gland
[Link] of pubic hair 9. Appearance of the hair in the
[Link] in size of the penis
armpits
[Link] physical growth
10. Production of sperm
[Link] of the larynx and
deepening of the voice becomes sufficient to allow
[Link] of the hair above the fertility to happen. Decrease in
lip growth rate happens
[Link] of the semen while 11. Full strength of the body is
sleeping because of the increased felt
production of sperm
Physical
Changes in
Females
Physical Changes
in Females 7. High growth spurt followed
1. Sudden growth
2. Appearance of pubic hair
by growth decline
3. Development of breasts and hips,
and growth of hair in the armpits
8. Occurrence of menarche
4. Development of the uterus, vagina, 9. Thickening of pubic hair
labia, and clitoris 10. End of sterility; possibility of
5. Rapid growth and slight conception
pigmentation of the pubic hair.
6. Beginning of nipple pigmentation
and increase in the size of the
areola, slight pigmentation of the
armpit hair
3 Distinct
Stages in
Puberty
Prepubes
This stage cent
is initiated by the
appearance of primary sexual
characteristics and ends with the
development of pubic hair. During this
period, menstruation may not yet
occur among females.
Pubescen
During t
this stage, the individual’s
growth becomes faster. Males
experience what is commonly knows
as wet dreams otherwise known as
nocturnal emission.
Postpubes
At centthe sudden
this stage,
growth of adolescent stops.
This is when fertility may
occur among females.
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