ADOLESCENCE

PERIOD LEADING TO REPRODUCTIVE MATURITY

Puberty
Increase in height
Period of sexual maturity Leads to
caused by changes in Hormones
Development of Secondary sexua characters in boys and girls
Secretions of This is a growth
hormone
Conserves water
for the body

endocrine glands. Anterior Posterior

Cone shaped gland
in the brain
lobe lobe
Hormone melatonin Regulate the basal
Two distinct region metabolic rate
of the gland
Contanin
pinealocytes
Size of pea
Locate in the neck Thyroxine

Connected to the
hypothalamus Pineal
Gland Secretes thyroxine
Pituitary Thyroid Triiodothyronine
hormone
Located above your kidneys Gland Gland

Helps maintain blood pressure

Pancreas
Reduce calcium level
Adrenal Secretes digestive
Gland
Endocrine enzymes
in the blood
Helps regulated metablism

Helps balance insulin Testes Ovaries Secretes glucagons

Thymus and insulin
Helps slow the immune
systems inflamatory response
Produces thymosin Glucose gets low in
Released when
the blood
High glucose level
Role in lmmune
Important in the blood
system

Ovaries Development /puberty

Testosterone Secretes Testes Contribute
menstrual cycle

Skeetal and Development Voice 2 Hormones

muscular growth of change

Estrogen Progesterone
Reproductive Distribution of
structure bodyhair
Contribute to the development
and function of the female
reproductive organs and sex
characteristics