Sunday, 8 May 2016

3.12 understand the roles of oestrogen and testosterone in the development of secondary sexual characteristics

Oestrogen
Stimulates the secondary sexual characteristics in women. For example, hair on underarms and around pubic area, a womens hips may widen, the development of breasts, the start of menstruation.

Testosterone
Stimulates the secondary sexual characteristics in men. For example,
 they will grow extra air on their face and body, their muscles will develop, they will begin to produce sperm, their voice will deepen and their penis and testes will enlarge.

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