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Puberty ages 10-12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Body Odor | A scent which is produced by bacteria and overactive sweat glands during puberty |
| Pimples | 8 out of 10 people get these during puberty |
| Deodorant | One way to help reduce body odor |
| Fitness | Is a combination of endurance, flexible joints and muscles, and strong muscles |
| Menstrual Cycle | The time (about every 28 days) when the uterus prepares for pregnancy by building up its lining, which is discharged if fertilization does not occur, signaling the onset of mensturation |
| Resting Heart Rate | Should be fewer than 70 times per minute |
| Pad | Also called a sanitary napkin, is a strip of cotton worn inside the panty to absorb the discharge during your period |
| Puberty | The time when a person goes from physical maturity to reproductive maturity |
| Hormone | A product of living cells that circulates in body fluids and produces a specific effect of the activity of cells remote from its point of origin |
| Estrogen | A substance tending to promote estrus and stimulate the development of female secondary sex characteristics |
| Fallopian tubes | Eggs travel from ovaries to uterus through these |
| Ovaries | Two strawberry-sized organs that produce and store eggs |
| Cervix | A small opening that can stretch very wide to let a baby through during labor. |
| Uterus | Also called the womb, place where the baby develops until it is ready to be born |
| Hymen | A thin skin membrane that partly blocks the vaginal opening |
| Vagina | The passageway from the uterus to the outside of the body |
| Labia | Protective folds of soft skin called outer and inner lips |
| Vulva | Outside area of the vagina |
| Clitoris | Small pea-shaped bump that is the center of sexual sensation for females |