Question

What are secondary sexual character?
List the secondary sexual characters in males & females.

Answer 1

Secondary sexual characters are features that appear during puberty in humans, and at sexual maturity in other animals.

Secondary sexual characters in males:

-growth of body hair, including underarm, abdominal, chest hair and pubic hair, facial hair.

-increase muscle mass and strength

-lower body fat percentage

-enlargement of larynx( Adam's apple) and deepening of voice

Secondary sexual characters in females:

-enlargement of breasts and erection of nipples

-growth of body hair, most prominently underarm and pubic hair

-widening of hips

-labia minora, the inner lips of vulva, may grow more prominent and undergo changes in colour with the increased stimulation related to higher levels of estrogen.