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What triggers puberty in boys ? A part of the brain is called Hypothalamus starts producing a hormone that makes the puberty send hormones little messages down to the testes. this then causes boys to produce their sex hormones testosterone. This is what starts puberty in a boy.

What happens to a boys face drawing puberty? Their foreheads, jaws and nose has a growth spurt and their face becomes more oval. They also start growing a heap of whiskers.

Why does a boys voice get deeper/ As a boy starts to produce testosterone it causes changes in the voice box that makes their voice become deeper. The voice box’s also tilts and may poke out, this is what we call a Adam’s apple. Our vocal cords vibrate as air is pushed out of our lungs as boys cords get longer they vibrates slower and therefore the sound is deeper.

How does our sweat change our puberty? In reaction to our emotional changes our sweat to be thicker and as it rots it starts to smell. We call this body odour. Hair starts to grow in areas such as their groin and armpits which doesn’t help the smell.......

What other parts of the body grow too? Hands and wrists changes drawing puberty. As the hand grows The gaps become tightly packed with bones. By the age 20, these gaps have disappear.

How does the male genitals area change? The first sign of puberty for boys is when the testes start to get bigger, public hair starts to grow and the penis also gets bigger. This will contunie over years.

Girls

What triggers puberty in girls? A part of the brain is called Hypothalamus starts producing a hormone that makes the puberty send hormones little messages down to the Ovarfes. This then causes girls to produce their sex hormones Oestrogen, which starts puberty and the progestorone which means they can get pregnant. This is what starts puberty in a girl.

What happens to a girls face drawing puberty? During puberty, bones inside the face grow. A girls face lengthens and changes shape from round to oval. The female face changes between the ages 7 - 32.

How does our sweat change our puberty? In reaction to our emotional changes our sweat to be thicker and as it rots it starts to smell. We call this body odour. Hair starts to grow in areas such as their belly, groin, nipples and the armpits which doesn’t help the smell.

How does the female genital area change? Public hair starts to grow when the breasts start to form. Their pelvic bones and hips widen and fat develops on them as well as the buttocks and thighs.

My questions and the answers to them...

What are period cramps and why do we get them before the period hits?

Lots of girls experience cramps before or during their periods. Cramps are caused by prostaglandins, which are chemicals in a girl's body which produces to make the muscles of the uterus contract. The contracting muscles help push the blood out through a girl's vagina during her period.