• Sexuality includes biological, psychological and cultural perspectives.
• People develop sexually at an individual pace.
• In adolescence, pituitary hormones trigger gonadal function of the gonads, resulting in the maturation of gamete-producing germ cells.
• Sperm matures in testes (singular testis).
• Oocytes mature in ovaries during the menstrual cycle.
• During fertilization, the male sperm cells are combined with the female egg cells.
• Keywords: gender, reproduction, gender, testicles, ovaries, sperm, ovum, menstrual cycle, estrogen, progesterone.