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==Stages== Adapted from ''Adolescent Health Care: A Practical Guide'' by Lawrence Neinstein.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Adolescent health care : a practical guide|date=2008|publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins|others=Neinstein, Lawrence S., Neinstein, Lawrence S.|isbn=9780781792561|edition= 5th|location=Philadelphia|oclc=148727849}}</ref> ===Genitals (male)=== [[File:Male genitalia five Tanner stages.png|350px|thumb|Photos of the Tanner scale for males.]] ; Tanner I : [[Testicle|testicular]] volume less than 1.5 [[liter|ml]]; small [[Human penis|penis]] ([[Puberty|prepubertal]]) ; Tanner II : testicular volume between 1.6 and 6 ml; skin on scrotum thins, reddens and enlarges; penis length unchanged ; Tanner III : testicular volume between 6 and 12 ml; scrotum enlarges further; penis begins to lengthen ; Tanner IV : testicular volume between 12 and 20 ml; scrotum enlarges further and darkens; penis further increases in length and starts to increase in breadth ; Tanner V : testicular volume greater than or equal to 20 ml; adult scrotum and penis ===Breasts (female)=== [[File:Female breasts five Tanner stages.jpg|240px|thumb|Photos of the Tanner scale for females]] ; Tanner I : no glandular tissue: [[areola]] follows the skin contours of the chest ([[Puberty|prepubertal]]) ; Tanner II : [[Thelarche|breast bud]] forms, with small area of surrounding glandular tissue; areola begins to widen ; Tanner III : breast begins to become more elevated, and extends beyond the borders of the areola, which continues to widen but remains in contour with surrounding breast ; Tanner IV : increased breast sizing and elevation; areola and [[nipple|papilla]] form a secondary mound projecting from the contour of the surrounding breast ; Tanner V : breast reaches final adult size; areola returns to contour of the surrounding breast, with a projecting central papilla ===Pubic hair (both male and female)=== ; Tanner I : no pubic hair at all ([[Puberty|prepubertal]]) ; Tanner II : small amount of long, downy hair with slight pigmentation at the base of the [[human penis|penis]] and [[scrotum]] (males) or on the [[labia majora]] (females) ; Tanner III : hair becomes more coarse and curly, and begins to extend laterally ; Tanner IV : adult-like hair quality, extending across [[mons pubis|pubis]] but sparing medial thighs ; Tanner V : hair extends to medial surface of the thighs
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