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Secondary sexual characteristics are those that arrive with puberty. They include the following:
Males
- increased body hair growth
- increased muscle mass
- facial hair
- widening of the shoulders
- lengthening of the limbs
- ejaculation
- increase in penis size
- deepening of the voice
Females
- breast growth
- widening of the pelvis
- menstruation
- softening of the skin
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What is Secondary sex characteristics?
The primary sex characteristics are the genitalia. The secondary sex characteristics are those typical of males or females. Breasts, body shape, Adam's apple, voice pitch, hair growth, etc. are secondary sex characteristics.
What is the male development secondary characteristics stimulated by?
The most prominent hormone involved in secondary sex characteristics for a male is testosterone.
What causes secondary sex characteristics to develope?
estorgen
A hormone involved in secondary sex characteristics in males?
Testosterone
What is an example of a secondary sex characteristics?
Male facial hair
What is a hormone that causes a girl's secondary sex characteristics?
estrogen
Does progesterone secretion stimulate development of female secondary sex characteristics?
No, estrogen is responsible for female development of secondary sex charechteristics.
Hormone involved in secondary sex characteristics in females?
Progesterone.
What is the difference between primary and secondary sex characteristics?
Primary characteristics involve the organs for reproduction. Males have testicles, females uterus. Secondary characteristics involve traits characterized by hormonal changes such as the differences due to puberty. Examples include breasts, facial hair, the growth of pubic hair and underarm hair.
What is the secondary sexual characteristics of the human?
In humans, visible secondary sex characteristics include enlarged breasts of females and facial hair and adam's apple on males.
The androgen responsible for sperm development and the male secondary sex characteristics?
The answer is testosterone.
What hormones is responsible for both primary and secondary sex characteristics in males?
Testosterone
