Chapter 5 (PROBABLY JUST NEED REVIEW)

Question 1

95) Sex chromosomes

Answer 1

95) Sex chromosomes – the 23rd pair of chromosomes in humans: if the individual is female, the sex chromosomes are represented as XX; if male, the pair is designated as XY.

Question 2

96) Sex-linked traits

Answer 2

traits for which the genes are carried partially or totally on one of the sex chromosomes.

Question 3

97) Sex-limited traits

Answer 3

the traits carried on genes that are not on either of the sex chromosomes but generally manifest in only one sex because they require the presence of certain levels of male or female sex hormones to appear.

Question 4

98) Müllerian ducts

Answer 4

primitive ducts in the human embryo that eventually, in females, become the fallopian tubes, uterus, and vagina.

Question 5

1) Wolffian ducts

Answer 5

a primitive duct system in the human embryo that eventually, in males, develops into the vas deferens, seminal vesicle, epididymides, urethra, and prostate.

Question 6

2) Intersexed individuals

Answer 6

people whose sexual differentiation was disrupted in utero by hormonal imbalance and who are born with some biological indicators of both sexes.

Question 7

3) Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH

Answer 7

a genetically transmitted syndrome in which the adrenal glands of the fetus malfunction, resulting in a release of excess androgens from the prenatal period onward.

Question 8

4) Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS)

Answer 8

a genetically transmitted disorder in which cells are partially or completely unable to respond to androgens.

Question 9

5) Gender dysphoria

Answer 9

unhappiness or dissatisfaction with one’s given gender or sexual identity.

Question 10

6) Transgendered community

Answer 10

people who refuse to live within a particular set of gender expectations and who, in various ways, transgress gender boundaries.

Question 11

7) Transsexuals

Answer 11

people whose gender identity does not match their biological sex and who have had or want to have surgery to change their bodies

Question 12

8) Transvestites

Answer 12

people who enjoy dressing in the clothing of the other sex

Question 13

9) Transgenders

Answer 13

people who live all or part of the time in the identity of the other sex but who have no intention of having surgery to change their bodies.