-- Flashcards

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Primary sex characteristics

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  • ovaries develop

- enlargement of testes

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Endocrine system 5 hormones

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  1. Growth hormone
  2. Thyroid stimulating
  3. Follicle stimulating
  4. Lutenis hormone
  5. Acth hormone
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3
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Puberty definition

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Biological changes that occur during youth and prepare the individual for sexual reproduction

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4
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Turners syndrome

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Affected woman have 1 X chromosome

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5
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Secondary sec characteristics

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  • breast development

- pubic hair

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6
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Growth spurt features

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Girls - change in body weight. Waist

Boys - shoulders develop, shoulders develop

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7
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Youth definition

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12-18 years

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8
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3 biological determinants in youth

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  • genetics
  • hormones
  • body weight
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9
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Biological determinants of health definition

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Factors relating to the body that affect health

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10
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Down syndrome

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A chromosome defect causing intellectual development and physical abnormalities

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11
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Hormones definitions

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A chemical messenger that results in changes in the body. Eg testosterone

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12
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Endocrine system glands + hormones

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Pituitary gland - Growth hormone
Adrenal gland - adrenaline hormone
Pineal gland - melatonin

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13
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Growth spurt hormones

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  • growth hormone

- thyroid stimulating hormone

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14
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Measure used to determinate body weight

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Weight (kg)

Height m 2

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15
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3 types of diabetes

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  1. Type 1 diabetes
  2. Type 2 diabetes
  3. Gestational diabetes
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16
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What are diabetes

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Disease where the body’s ability to produce or respond to insulin is impaired.

17
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The endocrine system

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The system in the body that regulates production and release of hormones.

18
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Individual human development

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How we develop individually. The series of orderly, predictable changes that occur from conception until death. Development can be PIES.

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Youth physical development.

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Refers to the changes that occur to the body and it’s systems.

Won’t reach optimal physical development.