Matching -​Puberty

question 34

Multiple Choice

Matching
-​puberty

• A)going 24 hours or more without eating
• B)​one of the two male reproductive glands located in the scrotum
• C)physiological changes that signal puberty
• D)measure of iron status obtained from blood plasma or serum samples
• E)scale of secondary sexual characteristics that allows health professionals to assess the degree of pubertal maturation among adolescents,regardless of chronological age
• F)concept of influencing but not restricting choices in an effort to change behavioral cues​
• G)​level commonly used to determine iron-deficiency anemia
• H)​time frame during which the body matures from that of a child to that of a young adult
• I)occurrence of the first menstrual cycle
• J)​process of menstruation

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