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How are general growth and sexual maturation different from each other? Which are the symptoms observed in sexually matured females? When a matured female receives male sex cells due to sexual contact what changes will happen in her uterus?

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General growth is the growth of the human body such as increase in height, weight, change in shape and size. Sexual maturation refers to the changes that the human body undergoes at puberty like change of voice in males, breast development in females, menstruation in female, growth of hair in public region etc.
Increase in breast size.
Broadening of hips.
Appearance of hair under the armpits and in the genital area.
Beginning of menstrual cycle (uterus and ovary enlarge, ovary starts releasing egg)
Pimples on skin appear due to secretion of oil from the skin.
Once the zygote is implanted in the uterine wall, several changes takes place in the uterus. Uterus prepares itself to receive and nature the growing embryo. The uterine lining thickens and is richly supplied with blood to give support and nourishment to the growing embryo.
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