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Question
What are the physical changes that occur in boys and girls during adolescence?
Solution
Secondary sex characteristics are the physical features which distinguish male from female. The Physical changes that occur is boys and girls during adolescence are:
- Girls:
- Height and weight increase.
- Fatty and subcutaneous tissues develop.
- Hip broadens.
- Hair grows in the armpits and the pubic area.
- The voice becomes shrill.
- Breast develops.
- Boys
- Height and weight increase.
- Muscles develop.
- Shoulder broadens.
- Hair grows in the armpits and pubic area, and facial hair also appears.
- Voice break takes place due to the lengthening of the vocal cord and enlarging of the larynx.
- Size of the penis increases.
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