Female body

This human anatomy illustration sample depicts female body parts. "Female figures are typically narrower at the waist than at the bust and hips. The bust, waist, and hips are called inflection points, and the ratios of their circumferences are used to define basic body shapes. ... Estrogens have a significant impact on a female's body shape. They are produced in both men and women, but their levels are significantly higher in women, especially in those of reproductive age. ... estrogens promote the development of female secondary sexual characteristics, such as breasts and hips. ... Estrogens can also affect the female body shape in a number of other ways, including increasing fat stores, accelerating metabolism, reducing muscle mass, and increasing bone formation. Estrogens cause higher levels of fat to be stored in a female body than in a male body. They also affect body fat distribution, causing fat to be stored in the buttocks, thighs, and hips in women, but generally not around their waists, which will remain about the same size as they were before puberty." [Female body shape. Wikipedia] The human anatomy illustration example "Female body" was created using ConceptDraw PRO software extended with Human Anatomy solution from Health area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.