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When an adolescent's facial hair starts growing, or acne develops, or breasts start to grow, or the genitals start to change, which organ in the body are these changes directly caused by?

A
The hypothalamus
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The adrenal glands
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C
The pituitary gland
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D
The ovaries or testicles
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Solution

The correct option is A The ovaries or testicles
Primary sexual characteristics are the physical characteristics directly involved in reproduction, such as the sex organs such as the testes, ovaries, and external genitalia. Secondary sexual characters are those features that help in distinguishing male & female body from each other. They are physical or behavioral characteristics that appear in human at the time of puberty. Thus when an adolescent's facial hair starts growing, or acne develops, or breasts start to grow, or the genitals start to change the ovaries or testicles shows changes.
So, the correct answer is 'The ovaries or testicles'.

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