ADOLESCENCE [DFOT][PUBERTY]

• Puberty is the growth of your body from childhood to adulthood.
• Growth Spurt - it means the body suddenly grows at a rapid state
• Sexual Maturation - it means that female & male have become capable of reproduction
• Testosterone, Estrogen, and Progesterone are the hormones that tell the body to sexually mature
• Girls usually starts their puberty at 8-13 years old
• Boys usually start their puberty at 10-13 years old
• The start of puberty is influenced by the genes inherited from the biological parents
• Girls menstruation begin between 9-16 years old and the average age is 12-13 years old
• Girls have 2 ovaries
• Estrogen is a kind of hormone that tells an ovary to release an egg cell every month
• Menarche - the first time menstruation happens
• The egg cell release and travels through the fallopian tube
• Menstruation - it comes from the Latin word "mensis" means month and also called as "monthly period"
• Endometrium - it means the lining of uterus
• Menstrual Cycle - it is a complex cycle controlled by female hormones that can cause periods
• Menstrual Phase - a phase which include all days of menstrual bleeding
• Pre-Ovulatory Phase - a phase that includes all dry days after menstrual bleeding stops
• Ovulatory Phase -a phase which called as the highlight of women's fertility
• Post-Ovulatory Phase - a phase that is absolutely infertile phase which covers about 14-16 days
• Erection - when the hormones, muscles, nerves, and blood vessels work together
• Ejaculation - it means when semen spurts out of the penis
• Blastocyst - it is a ball of cells that forms early in a pregnancy
• Placenta - a protective organ formed by the cells outside the wall of uterus
• Every female is born with thousands of eggs in her ovaries
• The eggs are so small that they cannot be seen with our naked eye
• Once a girl has reached puberty, a tiny egg matures in one of her ovaries and then travels down to the fallopian tube on its way to the uterus
• Ovulation - the release of egg from the ovary
• If a girl cells unites with a sperm fertilization takes place
• Menstruation or Period - this blood flow through the cervix and then out of the vagina
• From puberty onwards, males continue to produce sperm in their testicles or testes
• The testes are found inside the scrotum
• Sperms remain mature for about two weeks in the epididymis
• From the epididymis, the sperm enters the vas deferens
• From the vas deferens, the sperm passes through the seminal vesicles and the prostate gland
• Urethra - a passageway through from which a man urinates or ejaculates
• The clitoris is a small organ of a female reproductive system, shaped like a flower bud with a bit of tissue forming a small "hood"
• Labia Minora - it is a pair of cutaneous folds that form part like the vulva, or external female genitalia
• Labia Majora - it is a pair of rounded folds of skin and adipose that are part of the external female genitalia
• Vagina is an elastic canal, leading from the vulva to the cervix and uterus
• Cervix - it is the lower part of the uterus that extends to the top of vagina