Fitzgerald pediatric 2 and 3 Revision
Questions With 100% Correct Answers
2025 Updated.
Describe the Tanner 1 - Answer Child. Prior to puberty.
Describe Tanner stage 2 - Answer Onset of puberty
The earliest puberty changes.
Breast budding
Pubic hair (sparse and straight)
Describe Tanner stage 3 - Answer Onset of Growth spurt
Typical age for onset of puberty (Tanner stage 2) for boys - Answer 9-14 years old
Multisystem disease in adolescent is typically a viral disease. - Answer
Remember gynecomastia is NORMAL in males tanner stage 3 - 4 (age 13 - 14). The condition last
6 - 20 months - Answer
Common cause of early onset puberty (Prior to age 9) in boys? - Answer Central Nervous
System tumor.
These kids need to be sent to Pediatric Endocrinology
Typical age for onset of puberty (Tanner stage 2) for girls - Answer 7 - 13 years old
What is the common alteration in puberty? - Answer Early onset puberty in girls
idiopathic on 85%
Most girls will reach maximum height. - Answer 1 year after the onset menses.
, After breast buds form (Tanner stage 2), how long before the girl has her peroid? - Answer 2
years
Most common cause of autism in BOTH genders - Answer Fragile X syndrome
Tanner stage 4 boys - Answer -pubic hair is curse and more curly, but not quite adult-like
-enlarged penile length
-enlargement of scrotum and increased pigmentation
Tanner stage 4 - Answer PEAK of growth spurt
most girls start menstruating
Tanner stage 5 - Answer fully developed
Reasons to stop or delay puberty in a girl - Answer Girls with short stature
Rational:
Breast budding to 1st menses is 2 years, then the girl grows for another year and then stops.
That is as tall as she will ever be.
*Most girls hit full adult height 1 year after starting their menses*
Fragile X Syndrome - Answer A genetic disorder involving an abnormality in the X
chromosome, which becomes constricted and often breaks.
Most common cause of autism in either gender.
Gynecomastia typically happens in Tanner stage 3-4 (age 13-14) and last 6 - 20 months - Answer
Klienfelter's syndrome is an XXY male (only affects males). These males are infertile as they do
not make sperm - Answer
Questions With 100% Correct Answers
2025 Updated.
Describe the Tanner 1 - Answer Child. Prior to puberty.
Describe Tanner stage 2 - Answer Onset of puberty
The earliest puberty changes.
Breast budding
Pubic hair (sparse and straight)
Describe Tanner stage 3 - Answer Onset of Growth spurt
Typical age for onset of puberty (Tanner stage 2) for boys - Answer 9-14 years old
Multisystem disease in adolescent is typically a viral disease. - Answer
Remember gynecomastia is NORMAL in males tanner stage 3 - 4 (age 13 - 14). The condition last
6 - 20 months - Answer
Common cause of early onset puberty (Prior to age 9) in boys? - Answer Central Nervous
System tumor.
These kids need to be sent to Pediatric Endocrinology
Typical age for onset of puberty (Tanner stage 2) for girls - Answer 7 - 13 years old
What is the common alteration in puberty? - Answer Early onset puberty in girls
idiopathic on 85%
Most girls will reach maximum height. - Answer 1 year after the onset menses.
, After breast buds form (Tanner stage 2), how long before the girl has her peroid? - Answer 2
years
Most common cause of autism in BOTH genders - Answer Fragile X syndrome
Tanner stage 4 boys - Answer -pubic hair is curse and more curly, but not quite adult-like
-enlarged penile length
-enlargement of scrotum and increased pigmentation
Tanner stage 4 - Answer PEAK of growth spurt
most girls start menstruating
Tanner stage 5 - Answer fully developed
Reasons to stop or delay puberty in a girl - Answer Girls with short stature
Rational:
Breast budding to 1st menses is 2 years, then the girl grows for another year and then stops.
That is as tall as she will ever be.
*Most girls hit full adult height 1 year after starting their menses*
Fragile X Syndrome - Answer A genetic disorder involving an abnormality in the X
chromosome, which becomes constricted and often breaks.
Most common cause of autism in either gender.
Gynecomastia typically happens in Tanner stage 3-4 (age 13-14) and last 6 - 20 months - Answer
Klienfelter's syndrome is an XXY male (only affects males). These males are infertile as they do
not make sperm - Answer
