User:Sadoessa 08/Gonadarche

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Physiology

Puberty is influenced by a multitude of factors including genetic, prenatal, nutritional, and environmental status. Parental pubescent age also influences what age a person starts puberty. It involves both the processes of gonadarche and adrenarche. Gonadarche is the process in which gonads, or the primary reproductive organs mature stimulated by the release of gonadotropin releasing hormone in the hypothalamus. Adrenarche is responsible for the maturation of the adrenal gland during puberty and stimulates the development of body odor, axillary hair, and acne.