LSR

Question 1

exocrine glands

Answer 1

Makes hormones that leaves the body through tubes

Question 2

endocrine glands

Answer 2

makes hormones that stay in the blood

Question 3

What cells do hormones affect? What are those cells called?

Answer 3

Hormones only affect cells that have receptors for them

Those cells are called target cells

Question 4

What system can start hormone production?

Answer 4

nervous

Question 5

Give an example showing negative feedback (ab)

Answer 5

Thyroid and Pituitary

Question 6

testosterone

Answer 6

male sex hormone

Question 7

progesterone and estrogen

Answer 7

female sex hormones

Question 8

testes

Answer 8

sperm/testosterone

Question 9

urethra (female)

Answer 9

pee & discharge passageway

Question 10

urethra (male)

Answer 10

urine and sperm passageway

Question 11

uterus

Answer 11

where fertilized egg attaches, where placenta forms and embryo and fetus develop

Question 12

cervix

Answer 12

opening at bottom of uterus where baby is held

Question 13

clitoris

Answer 13

site of female sexual arousal - kind of like penis

Question 14

menstrual cycle

Answer 14

when the extra lining that was built up in the uterus in case an egg is fertilized is released-with some blood

Question 15

hormones

Answer 15

a chemical made by the body
each hormone works on certain
tissues/organs called targets
made in endocrine glands

Question 16

in which part of a cell do you find chromosomes?

Answer 16

nucleus

Question 17

what kind of cell has no chromosomes?

Answer 17

red blood cell b/c they have no nucleus

Question 18

what pair of chromosomes makes a boy? A girl?

Answer 18

xy, xx

Question 19

What is the path of a sperm from where it is produced until it meets an unfertilized egg.

Answer 19

testes, epididymis, sperm duct, urethra, vagina, uterus, oviduct (fallopian tube)

Question 20

diff btw sex and gender?

Answer 20

sex is biological gender is how society portrays you

Question 21

menopause

Answer 21

when a women no longer menstruates

Question 22

ovulation

Answer 22

when the egg is released from the ovary

Question 23

secrete

Answer 23

to send out

Question 24

masturbation

Answer 24

handling genitals for pleasure

Question 25

wet dream

Answer 25

when sperm and semen is ejaculated during sleep

Question 26

erection

Answer 26

when the penis becomes engorged with blood and stiff so if can enter the vagina

Question 27

ejaculation.

Answer 27

when sperm and semen are sent out of the body in spurts

Question 28

fertilization

Answer 28

when egg and sperm join in the females body.

Question 29

arousal

Answer 29

Sexual excitement where the genitals swell with blood

Question 30

Why does the egg and sperm only have 23 chromosomes when a cell needs 46?

Answer 30

Because when the combine to make a baby the cell will combine the 23 chromosomes from the egg and sperm and the baby cell will actually have 46 chromosomes. If this did not happen then the amount of chromosomes in someones body would multiply by 2 every time they had a baby.

Question 31

Why do endocrine glands have receptors?

Answer 31

Because without receptors the hormone wouldn't know where to go yet with receptors its like a key and lock.

Question 32

secondary (both) secondary (male) secondary (female)

Answer 32

hair, voice beard, shoulders breast, hips

Question 33

primary (male) | primary (female)

Answer 33

testes, penis | vagina, ovaries

Question 34

what can go from the mother to the baby by diffusing from the mother's blood to the baby's

Answer 34

amino acids, vitamin c, glucose, carbon dioxide, alcohol, fatty acids, oxygen, glycerol, vitamin a

Question 35

difference between puberty and adolescence

Answer 35

puberty is the physical and sexual maturation. adolescence is all maturation.

Question 36

scrotum

Answer 36

cools and holds testes

Question 37

prostate

Answer 37

produces semen and neutralizes the acid from your pee

Question 38

seminal vesicles

Answer 38

produces semen

Question 39

sperm duct

Answer 39

carries mature sperm into the urethra

Question 40

ovary

Answer 40

produces eggs, estrogen, and progesteron

Question 41

oviduct/fallopian tube

Answer 41

takes eggs from the ovary to the uterus

Question 42

clitoris

Answer 42

main site of sexual arousal in females

Question 43

vagina

Answer 43

passageway for babies, menstrual flow, and the penis/sperm

Question 44

labia

Answer 44

covers and protects the vaginal opening

Question 45

epididymis

Answer 45

where the sperm matures

Question 46

how long do sperm live inside the female

Answer 46

3-5 days

Question 47

how long do eggs usually live after ovulation

Answer 47

1-2 days

Question 48

where is FSH produced

Answer 48

pituitary

Question 49

where is estrogen produced

Answer 49

follicle in ovary

Question 50

where is LH produced

Answer 50

pituitary

Question 51

where is progesterone produced

Answer 51

corpus luteum/ overy

Question 52

where is membrane hormone produced?

Answer 52

membrane of embryo

Question 53

FSH

Answer 53

STIMULATES FOLLICLE AND EGG

Question 54

estrogen

Answer 54

negative feedback/uterus lining

Question 55

LH

Answer 55

ovulation, heals follicle

Question 56

progesterone

Answer 56

thicken uterus, stop FSH and LH

Question 57

membrane hormone

Answer 57

keeps corpus luteum alive

Question 58

fontanel

Answer 58

space between skull bones of an infant/fetus

Question 59

placenta

Answer 59

attached by umbilical cord. also called afterbirth

Question 60

during the first 8 weeks of development, the baby is called an ______ whereas after this it is known as a ______.

Answer 60

embryo, fetus

Question 61

Does the blood of the mother and the developing baby mix

Answer 61

no

Question 62

when do humans grow the fastest

Answer 62

before birth

Question 63

all traits are determined by ________ and/or _______

Answer 63

heredity, environment

Question 64

3 heredity traits

Answer 64

chin shape, eye color, eye shape

Question 65

3 environment traits

Answer 65

language, culture, religion

Question 66

3 heredity and environment traits

Answer 66

growth, weight, maturation age

Question 67

most boys reach their full height at age ___. most girls reach their full height at age ___.

Answer 67

18, 16.5

Question 68

girls are usually taller than boys between the ages of ______

Answer 68

10-13

Question 69

most girls grow the fastest between _____. most boys grow the fastest between _____.

Answer 69

10-12, 12-15

Question 70

about what age does an infant's growth rate slow?

Answer 70

2