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How is puberty attained in females? Will a female normally remain reproductively capable even after age 60? If not then what makes her incapable ?

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Hint: Human beings show sexual dimorphism as they are unisexual. They reproduce only sexually. The ability for sexual reproduction appears late. Before that a number of changes occur. Height increases from class II to class X. Body weight also increases, of course sometimes too much.

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Milk teeth are shed and permanent teeth develop. A spurt of growth is experienced between class VIII to class X. Simultaneously, body proportions change. Some new
body features and new sensations begin to appear. The stage is called puberty or the beginning of development for sexual maturity. It is seen usually at the age of 10-14 years in girls and 13-15 years in boys.
At this time gamete producing primary sex organs begin to work. They secrete hormones which result in slow development of secondary sex organs and secondary sex characters. Some of the new body features and sensations are similar in boys and girls while others are different.
Similar Changes in Boys and Girls.
Hair. There is growth of hair in armpits (axillae) and genital area between the thighs.
Genital Area. It becomes darker.
Body Hair. Thinner hair appear on legs, arms and face,
Skin. It becomes oily. Pimples often develop, mostly on the face.
Awareness of Body. The children become conscious and aware of their own bodies as well as those of others in new ways.
Different Changes in Boys and Girls. They occur in response to testosterone in boys and estrogen in girls.
Girls.
Breast size begins to increase. There is darkening of the skin of nipples present below the tips of breasts.
Menarche or beginning of menstruation.
Broadening of pelvis.
Deposition of fat in thigh area
A female does not reproduce normally after the age of 60. This occurs as the menstrual cycle in the body of a female at this age gets a pause.
If the egg is not fertilized, that fusion between male and female gametes has not occurred, it lives for one day and is then expelled. This sets in the flow what is called menstrual or ovarian cycle.
 Menstrual cycle begins with puberty. The first menstruation is called menarche. It stops between the ages of 45-50 years.
stoppage and making female unable to produce child is result of menstruation stoppage permanently is called menopause

Note: Menstrual cycle is commonly defined as a series of cyclic changes that occur in the reproductive system of human females with a periodicity of about 28 days. Each month the uterus or womb prepares itself to receive the fertilized egg. In the absence of fertilization, the lining breaks down slowly and comes out of vagina along which blood and mucus. The discharge of blood, mucus and broken pieces of endometrial lining is called menstruation.