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List changes in the body that take place at puberty.
Adolescence
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Following are the changes that take place at puberty :
- Body becomes capable of reproduction.
- Sudden increase in height.
- Growth in shoulders and muscles in boys
- Change in voice and protruding voice box or the larynx in boys
- The secretion of sweat glands and sebaceous glands (oil glands) increases causing acne.
- At puberty, male sex organs like the testes and penis develop completely. The testes also begin to produce sperms.
- Boys begin to grow facial hair, that is, moustaches and beard. Boys also develop hair on their chest, underarm and pubic area.
- Development of breast in girls.
- In girls, the region below the waist becomes wider.
- Ovary matures and begin to release egg.
- Girls develop hair in underarm and pubic area.
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