Question

Secondary sexual characteristics do not develop in children 

A. Who have been castrated. 

B. Whose seminiferous tubules, but not interstitial cells, have been damaged by radiation. 

C. Suffering from severe malnutrition. 

D. With dwarfism. 

E. Lacking pituitary hormones.

Answer 1

A. True Gonadal hormones are essential for their development. 

B. False Testosterone promotes secondary sexual characteristics even if the germ cells cannot develop. 

C. False They are delayed but appear eventually. 

D. False In most cases they develop. 

E. True These are required to stimulate the gonads to produce the essential sex hormones.