GENDER STUFF Flashcards
(24 cards)
Sex is…
- Genetic
- Anatomical (your Plumbing)
Gender is…
- Male
- Female
- Other Gender Classification
Difference between Gender and Sex
- Sex is biological and gender is more social cultural
Males have What chromosomes?
- XY
Females have what Chromosomes?
- XX
What Gene is Responsible for the development of testes?
- SRY
- Located on Short arm of Y Chromosome
What gene is responsible for Development of Ovcaries
- DSS
- Only on X chromosome
When do Internal structures begin to differ?
- Six weeks
If teosterone is present…
- Wolffian duct generates into male system
- Mullerian duct Degenerates
If teosterone is not Presnet…
- Wolffian duct degenerates
- Mullerian duct generates into female system
What are the two ducts before differentiation of reproductive system
- Wollfian (male)
- Mullerian (Female)
When do External Structures begin to differentiate
- week 12
What is DHT
- Product of Teosterone
If DHT is present
- Labriscrotal swelling occurs to become the scrotume
- MALE
If DHT is not present
- Women external Structures
Hypothalamus Male and Female Differences
- Females develop cells sensitive to estrogen
- Some parts are bigger in men then women
Male and Female brain Size differences
Male and Female brain Size differences
Cerebral Cortex
- Men have thicker left hemisphere then on womens
- More math and spatial skills oriented
- Women have thicker right hemisphere
- More Language and Creative Skills
Corpus Callosum
- Middle part of brain
- Women have bigger corpus callosumn
- Wome have more interaction between the two
Intersex Involving Chromsomal Sex
- Klinefelters Syndrome
- Turners Syndrome
Kline Felters Syndrome
- Extra X chromosome
- Causes…
- Taller on Average
- Smaller Testes
- Sterile
- May develop breasts and Hips rounded like females
Turner Syndrome
- Presence of only X chromosome
- Classified ass females
- Internal reproductive organs do not develop
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrom (Testicular Feminization Syndrome)
- XY (male) fetus becomes insetive to teosterone and other androgens
- Look female
- Don’t develop normal Internal structures
DHT deficinet males
- XY Males with condition that doesn’t let tesosterone turn into DHT
- Looks like girl
- At Puberty testes descend
- Internal Structure is male
