Final Exam Flashcards
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Adolescence stages of development
11 yrs - 18 yrs
Adolescence (erikson)
12-19 yrs / identity vs, role confusion
Pre-adolescence
rapid physical growth and secondary sex characteristcs
Girls: 8-10
Boys: 9-11
End of Puberty
Females: menses at 12-13
Males: production of sperm
Characteristics of Puberty
- Primary sex characteristics
- secondary sec characteristics
- Rapid physical growth
- Change in body proportions
Sex Characteristics
Primary: testes and ovaries
Secondary: physical appearance
Adolescence Factors Affecting Timing of Puberty
Genetics, stress, socioeconomic status, environment, nutrition, fat on body, chronic illness
Puberty in female athletes
-delayed
-ovulation occurs after period
-pubertal maturation issues
-ovulatory cycles don’t occur for months to years
Pubertal maturation
establishment of cyclic ovarian function
Puberty is second to ______ as most rapid growth
Prenatal period
Adolescence Growth spurt order
Feet, legs, trunk
Puberty Height increase
Male: 4-12 inches
Female: 2-8 inches
Puberty Weight Increase
Male: 15-65lbs
Female: 15-65lbs
Adolescence Height Increases
Girls: 13-15
Boys: 15-17
Adolescence BMI Index for age
Underweight: <5%
Healthy: 5-85%
Overweight: 85-95&
Obese: 95%
Puberty Changes in body proportions
-Nose reaches adult size first
-Hands and feet before arms and legs
-LE become longer than trunk
Bone growth stops when?
Males: 21
Girls: 18
Adolescence Bones
-Immature, porous with unstable growth plates
Adolescence Muscles
-adult muscle diameter reached at 12
-strength increases related to age
-Girls: strength levels off at 15
-Boys: strength levels off 13-20
Adolescence Cardiopulmonary System
-60-90bpm
-16-24 breaths per min
-increase in size of organs
-higher HR during exercise
-lower stroke volume
-higher cardiac output
-BP lower at rest
Adolescence temperature regulation
-greater surface area to body mass
-produce more heat
-lower sweating capacity
-increased risk for temperature related injuries
Adolescence Psychosocial development
-social antagonism: need for privacy and hate supervision, wish for independence
-self consciousness
-Search for identity
-emotion issues
Psychosocial Development Young Teens
-13-14
-most self centered
-value peer’s opinions
Psychosocial Development Middle Teens
-15-16
-better at compromising
-think more independently
-risk taking behaviors