Health Flashcards

(38 cards)

1
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Period when a person undergoes a lot of changes

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Adolescence

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2
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May be defined as the measure of maleness and femaleness in one individuality and physical makeup.

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Human sexuality

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3
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Refers to the biological characteristics of being a boy and a girl

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Sex

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4
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Refers to the behavior and attitudes that are expected to be shown based on a person’s sex

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Gender

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5
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A persons gender may be classified as:

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Masculine

Feminine

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6
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An important component of one’s personality

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Sexuality

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7
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Three dimensions of human sexuality:

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Biological
Sociocultural
Psychological

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8
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Sex chromosomes of male and female

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Female has XX chromosome

Male has XY chromosome

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9
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This dimension is described by the persons biological or physical characteristics

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Biological dimension

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10
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Carry the genetic material DNA

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Chromosomes

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11
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DNA means?

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Deoxyribonucleic acid

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12
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Determines all the traits and characteristics of all living things

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DNA

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13
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A human being has ____ in every nucleus of the cell

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46 chromosomes

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14
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Two chromosomes are

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Sex chromosomes

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15
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Are responsible for all our sex characteristics being a male or a female

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Two chromosomes

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16
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Responsible for all other characteristics that we have which are not related to sex

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Remaining 44 chromosomes

17
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Play an important role in the expression of all physical and psychological sexual characteristics of a person

18
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Hormones are triggered by the ___ that is located at the middle part of the brain

19
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Produces the luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone

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Pituitary gland

20
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LH means

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Luteinizing hormone

21
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FSH means

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Follicle stimulating hormone

22
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Responsible for the production of sex hormones testosterone and estrogen

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Luteinizing hormone

23
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Triggers the egg cell to mature in the ovary

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Follicle Stimulating Hormone

24
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Regulates the production of sperm cells and the occurrence of secondary sex characteristics in males

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Regulates the production of egg cells and the occurrence of sex characteristics in females
Estrogen
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The male gonads produce sperm cell
Testes or testicle
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Stores newly produced sperm cell
Epididymis
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Passageway of sperm cells from the epididymis to the urethra
Vas deferens
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Copulatory organ transfers sperm into females body
Penis
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Passageway of semen (combination of fluid and sperm cells) and urine
Urethra
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Produces substance that nourishes the sperm
Prostate gland
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Produces fluid that helps easy transport of the sperms
Seminal vescicle
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Sac covering and protecting the testes
Scrotum
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The birth canal; receives sperm cells from the penis
Vagina
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Boundary between vagina and uterus
Cervix
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Mothers womb houses the developing fetus
Uterus
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Site for fertilization; passageway of sperm cell
Oviducts (fallopian tube)
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Female gonads; produces egg cells
Ovaries