SCIENCE W1 3Q Flashcards

(28 cards)

1
Q

All living things, like human beings, are able to to
breed offspring through the process known as

A

Reproduction

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2
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Role of Male Reproductive Systemic

A

To produce and transport

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3
Q

Role of Female Reproductive
System

A

To produce egg cell and for child-bearing

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4
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is a tube that passes through the penis to the outside of the body which carries urine and sperm.

A

Urethra

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5
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is a soft, tubular organ that hangs front of the body and is the external sexual organ of the male through which the sperm are delivered into the female’s body.

A

Penis

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6
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Are made up of coiled tubules in which sperm are produced

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Testes

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7
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  • a coiled J-shaped tube located
    on the back of each testicles.
  • stores the sperm after they have been
    produced.
A

Epididymis

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8
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a tube that receives sperm from the epididymis of each testicle

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Vas deferens

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9
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a pouch of skin that hangs from the penis which houses the testes and it protects the sperm by keeping the temperature of the testes slightly lower than normal body temperature

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Scrotum

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10
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  • located in the testis - found inside the scrotum
  • it fertilizes the egg.
A

The sperm

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11
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small and almond-shaped organs. located inside the female, just a few inches below the waist. it secrets hormones: estrogen & progesterone to produce mature egg. produce & release ripined egg every 28 days

A

Ovaries

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12
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• Two very fine tubes which extended from each ovary into the uterus.
• main function: to contain egg until fertilization takes place.
• provide a passageway leading the sperm to the egg.

A

Fallopian tube

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13
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  • A hallow, muscular, pear-shaped organ located between the two ovaries.
  • It is where the fertilized egg will develop and grow into baby.
  • However, if the eggs remain unfertilized, the uterus shed and passes through the vagina, through mentrual discharge
A

Uterus

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14
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A narrow structure within an inch-long canal connecting lower end of uterus to the upper portion of the vagina.

A

Cervix

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15
Q

• A hallow tube leading to the cerviz to the outside
of the body.
• The wall is elastic which allows to expand during
childbirth and sexual intercourse

A

Vagina

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16
Q

the first menstrual flow, signals that a girl
enters a transition time called puberty.

17
Q

When a woman reaches late forties r early fifties, her menstruation eventually stops.

18
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When egg starts to develop, it secrets

19
Q

The production of the _____ after the time the egg reaches the uterus

A

Progesterone increases

20
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  • Medical Term for heavy periods
  • Also known as abnormal uteri bleeding
  • defined as a blood loss of more than. 80mL per cycle
21
Q

Not clearly male or female

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Intersexuality

22
Q

genetically male develops as a female dur to hormone androgen

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Androgen-sexuality syndrome

23
Q

absence of one or both testes

A

Cryptorchidism

24
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uncontrolled division and growth cell that, in many cases, form lumps or masses called tumors

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caused by gram-negative diplococcus Neisseia gonorrhoeae. Women may suffer from painful pelvic inflammatory disease. In men, exhibit extensive symptoms from painful urination and a whitish discharge.
Gonnorhea
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caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum
Syphilis
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Caused by herpes simplex virus-2
Genital herpes
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Inability to produce a child
Infertility