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  • Commonly called “crabs”
  • An external parasite that infests the pubic region
  • Symptoms include itching and discomfort
  • Caused by close physical contact with infected person or infected bedding or clothing
  • Treatment: special shampoos, washing all clothing and bedding
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Pubic Lice

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  • Caused by bacteria
  • Most men and women have no symptoms
  • Symptoms include unusual discharge from penis or vagina, burning when urinating
  • Spread during vaginal, anal, and oral sex
  • Treatment: antibiotics
  • Untreated: permanent damage to reproductive system and sterility
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Chlamydia

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  • Caused by a virus
  • Symptoms include small painful blisters on sex organs that break into open sores
  • May have no symptoms
  • Spread during vaginal, anal, and oral sex
  • Treatment: No cure. Symptoms may be treated with medication
  • May be spread without the presence of any visible symptoms
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Genital Herpes

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  • Caused by a virus
  • Small painless cauliflower-like bumps on sex organs and anus that can multiply quickly
  • May not have any symptoms
  • Spread during vaginal, anal, and oral sex
  • Treatment: NO cure. Can be treated with creams, lasers, burning or freezing in a doctor’s offic
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HPV, Genital Warts (Human Papilloma Virus that sometimes causes genital warts)

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  • Caused by bacteria
  • Symptoms include unusual discharge from penis or vagina, burning during urination, abdominal pain and cramps
  • In many cases, there are no symptoms
  • Spread during vaginal, anal, and oral sex
  • Treatment: Antibiotics
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Gonorrhea

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  • Caused by bacteria
  • Symptoms include painless reddish brown sores that appear on the genital area called “chancres”
  • Later rashes, swollen joints, fever, and hair loss symptoms may appear
  • This disease has several stages
  • Spread during vaginal, anal, and oral sex
  • Treatment: antibiotics
  • Untreated: brain damage, heart disease, blindness, and possible death
  • Newborns: stillbirth or permanent birth defects
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Syphilis

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  • Caused by a virus
  • Symptoms include tiredness, jaundice (yellow skin or eyes), dark urine, nausea, and cramps
  • Many people have no symptoms
  • Spread through unprotected sex and needle sharing
  • Treatment: NO cure, but HBV vaccine can prevent infection
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Hepatitis B

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  • Caused by a virus
  • Damages the body’s immune system so it can no longer fight certain infections and cancers
  • Symptoms include tiredness, fever, night sweats, weight loss, swollen glands, and diarrhea
  • Spread through vaginal, anal, and oral sex, needled sharing, mother to baby during pregnancy, birth and breast feeding
  • Treatment: NO cure, but there are treatments that can help people with this disease stay healthy longer
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HIV

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Sac that holds the testicles
- protects the testes
- regulate the temperature of the testicles

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Scrotum

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10
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There are two
These produce sperm cells and testosterone (the male hormone that stimulates development of the male sex characteristics and triggers puberty)

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Testicles

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The organ just above the testicles
- Stores sperm while they mature

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Epididymis

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12
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A small tube the sperm travel through as they prepare to leave the body
- Also known as “the highway of life”

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Vas Deferens

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13
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Sperm travel through this and a sugary substance is added to the sperm

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Seminal vesicle

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14
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The sperm travel through this where it picks up a base-like fluid

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Prostate

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15
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Makes up the majority of semen (mucous- like and sticky fluid that sticks to and coats the urethra)

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Cowper’s gland

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16
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Tube in the penis by which semen leaves the body

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Urethra

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17
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Composed of spongy tissue that contains many blood vessels
- Increased blood flow, this becomes enlarged and erect

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Penis

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18
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Excess skin surrounding the penis
(Parent decision: circumcision)

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Foreskin

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19
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Permanent birth control. Blocks/cuts off sperm from the semen

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Vasectomy

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20
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  • Produces egg cells
  • Lie just below fallopian tubes
  • Females are born with finite amount of ovum (eggs)
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Ovaries

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21
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  • When a mature ovum is drawn into the fallopian tube
  • typically once a month, alternating ovaries
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Ovulation

22
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A fertilized ovum

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Zygote

23
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  • Tube by which the ovum travels
  • It takes a few days for the ovum to travel through this in preparation for fertilization
  • If fertilization is going to occur it typically occurs in this, then the zygote moves into the uterus
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Fallopian Tubes

24
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When zygote attaches to fallopian tube instead of uterus

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Ectopic Pregnancy

25
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Organ that the baby grows in

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Uterus

26
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Small round organ making up the entrance of the uterus

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Cervix

27
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  • muscular elastic passageway that extends from the uterus to the outside of the body
  • menstrual blood leaves through this
  • passageway for a baby to be born
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Vagina

28
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  • The shedding of the lining of the uterus if fertilization does not occur
  • usually lasts 3-5 days
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Menstruation

29
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When does a girl’s period (aka menstruation) begin

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about 2 to 2 1/2 years after her first signs of puberty

30
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What is the common age for a girl to have her first period?

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12 years old

31
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What percentage of girls have their period by 15?

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98% of girls have their period by 15

32
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The absence of menstrual bleeding

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Amenorrhea

33
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When does amenorrhea happen?

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  • When a girl hasn’t had her first menstrual period by age 16
  • If a woman fails to menstruate for 3 to 6 months
  • If there is excessive exercise and stress
  • Having too little or too much body fat
  • medications can cause amenorrhea in some women
34
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How long is the typical menstrual cycle?

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28 days long, but each woman is different

35
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Day 1 is when ____________________

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Day 1 is when bleeding first occurs, and can last for 4 to 8 days

36
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Uterus lining breaks down, menstruation occurs on what days?

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Days 1-7

37
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The lining of the womb thickens in preparation for the egg on what days?

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Days 8-11

38
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Ovulation occurs on what days?

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Days 12-17 (but usually on day 14)

39
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If fertilization has not taken place, the corpus luteum fade away on what days?

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Days 18-25

40
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The uterus lining detaches leading to menstruation on what days?

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Days 26-28

41
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First step of menstrual cycle:

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Lining of the uterus sheds along with previous unfertilized ovum (Menstruation)

42
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Second step of menstrual cycle

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Lining of the uterus begins to thicken, in preparation to receive a fertilized ovum

43
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Third step of menstrual cycle

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Ovary releases a mature ovum in a process called ovulation

44
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4th step of menstrual cycle

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Ovum travels through the fallopian tubes.

45
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If sperm is present

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If sperm is present, fertilization occurs and becomes a zygote. It travels to the uterus and attaches onto the thicken lining and a baby starts to develop (congrats on getting pregnant)

46
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If no sperm is present

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If no sperm is present, then the lining of the uterus sheds along with previous unfertilized ovum (menstruation)

47
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When the ovary releases an ovum (egg) so it can be fertilized by a sperm

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Ovulation

48
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Ovulation occurs anywhere between __ - __ days after the first day of your last menstrual period

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11-21 days

49
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The time in a woman’s life when her period stops. It usually occurs naturally, most often after age 45. It happens because the woman’s ovaries stop producing the hormones estrogen and progesterone

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Menopause

50
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When has a woman reached menopause?

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When she has not had a period for one year. Changes and symptoms can start several years earlier.

51
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Test that looks for cancers and pre-cancers in the cervix (the lower part of the uterus that opens into the vagina)

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PAP Smear Test

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