Sexual Health Terms

Question 1

Endocrineglands

Answer 1

anyofvariousglandsthathavenoductandpourtheirsecretionsdirectlyintothelymph
orbloodcirculatingthroughthem­­calledalsoductlessgland

Question 2

Hormones

Answer 2

aproductoflivingcellsthatcirculatesinbodyfluids(asblood)thatstimulatesotherbodycellstodosomething.

Question 3

Pituitarygland

Answer 3

asmallovalendocrineorganlocatedatthebaseofthebrainthatproducesvarious
hormonesthatregulateespeciallygrowthandreproduction

Question 4

Seminalvesicle

Answer 4

pairofglandularpouchesthatlieoneoneithersideofthemalereproductivetractandin
thehumanmalesecreteasugar­andprotein­containingfluidintotheejaculatoryduct

Question 5

Prostategland

Answer 5

anorganfoundinmenandmaleanimalsthatproducestheliquidinwhichspermiscarried.Thisglandincreasesinsizeandcansometimedevelopcancer.Normalscreeningreducescancerrisks.

Question 6

Cowper’sgland

Answer 6

eitheroftwosmallglandslyingoneithersideofthemaleurethrabelowtheprostateglandanddischargingasecretionintothesementhatneutralizesconditionsinsideurethra.

Question 7

Vasdeferens

Answer 7

asperm-carryingductinthemalebeginningattheepididymisandeventuallyjoinstheductof
theseminalvesicletoformtheejaculatoryduct

Question 8

Testis

Answer 8

malereproductiveglandsthatproducesspermandsecretestestosteroneandiscontainedinthescrotum.

Question 9

Epididymis

Answer 9

asystemofductsleadingfromthetestisthatholdsspermduringmaturationbeforeunitingintothevasdeferens

Question 10

Testicularcancer

Answer 10

Cancerofthetesticlesusuallyoccurringbetweenages15­35

Question 11

Ovaries

Answer 11

usuallytwoorgansinwomenandfemaleanimalsthatproduceeggsandfemalehormones

Question 12

Ovum

Answer 12

afemaleeggcell

Question 13

Uterus

Answer 13

theorganinwomeninwhichbabiesdevelopbeforebirth

Question 14

Monogamy

Answer 14

onemutuallyfaithfulsexualpartner

Question 15

Verticaltransmission(HIV)

Answer 15

spreadingdiseasefrommothertobaby

Question 16

Ovulation

Answer 16

oneeggleavingawoman’sovaryonceamonth.

Question 17

Fallopiantubes

Answer 17

eitherofthepairoftubesthatcarrytheeggfromtheovarytotheuterus

Question 18

Endometrium

Answer 18

themucousmembraneliningtheuterus

Question 19

Menstruation

Answer 19

adischargingofblood,secretions,andtissuedebrisfromtheuterusthatoccurswhena
women’seggisnotfertilized.Thisoccurstypicallyevery25­28days.

Question 20

Cervix

Answer 20

thenarrowendattheopeningofawoman’suterus

Question 21

Toxicshocksyndrome

Answer 21

aseriousillnessthatiscausedbybacteriaandoccursespeciallyinwomenwhouse
tampons

Question 22

Fertilization

Answer 22

unionofeggandsperm

Question 23

Embryo

Answer 23

thedevelopinghumanindividualfromthetimeofimplantationtotheendoftheeighthweekafter
conception

Question 24

Amnioticsac

Answer 24

amembraneformingafluid filledcavity(theamnioticsac)thatenclosestheembryo.

Question 25

Umbilical cord

Answer 25

a long, narrow tube that connects an unborn baby to the placenta of its mother 

Question 26

Prenatal care

Answer 26

relating to pregnant women and their unborn babies 

Question 27

Amniocentesis

Answer 27

a test of amniotic fluid to check the health of the baby before he/she is born 

Question 28

Mammogram

Answer 28

a photograph of a woman's breasts made by X-rays used to check for abnormally growing lumps 

Question 29

Pandemic vs Epidemic

Answer 29

Pandemic is a world wide spread of a disease and epidemic is a regional outbreak of  disease (upper Midwest influenza outbreak) 

Question 30

Sterility

Answer 30

inability to conceive (maes and females both) 

Question 31

Progestin

Answer 31

synthetic progesterone that stops ovulation and increases cervical mucus 

Question 32

Progesterone

Answer 32

female sex hormone that prepares the endometrium for implantation of the newly fertilized egg 

Question 33

Estrogen

Answer 33

hormone that is responsible for the development of female secondary sex characteristics and promote the growth and maintenance of the female reproductive system 

Question 34

Oxytocin

Answer 34

stimulates especially the contraction of uterine muscle and the secretion of milk 

Question 35

Follicle Stimulating Hormone

Answer 35

a hormone that stimulates the growth of the ovum­containing follicles in the  ovary and that activates sperm­forming cell 

Question 36

Human Chorionic Gonadotropic hormone

Answer 36

is a hormone produced by the cells that surround the growing human embryo; these cells will eventually go on to form the placenta.