Exam 55: Puberty

The pituitary gland releases __________, which stimulates the production of sex hormones by the gonads (ovaries and testes) and other endocrine glands in both males and females.

Precocious puberty means having the signs of puberty appear before age 8 in a girl or 9-1/2 in a boy.

Physically, adolescence is bounded by the beginning and end of puberty, the period of physical maturation of the reproductive organs.

In females, puberty marks the beginning of __________.

Puberty begins when the hypothalamus starts to produce _________, which is transported via the bloodstream to the pituitary gland.

The average age of the onset of puberty is increasing in both males and females.

__________ is the 2-year period of preliminary changes that occur prior to the onset of puberty.

The social implications of the timing of puberty are that __________.

Puberty is easier to define in boys than in girls.

Together, follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) are responsible for the production of __________ from the ovaries.

In females, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) stimulates the release of __________ from the pituitary gland.