10.1-10.2

Question 1

➢ The different biological and
physiological characteristics of males
and females, such as reproductive organs,
chromosomes, hormones, etc.

Answer 1

Sex

Question 2

➢ The psychological and cultural aspect of
identifying oneself as male or female, or
the sense of masculinity or femininity.

Answer 2

Gender

Question 3

A ____ for behavior that
varies from culture to culture, and that
changes as societal views of acceptable
and desirable behavior related to being
perceived as male of female change.

Answer 3

social expectation

Question 4

• Sexual organs that are present at birth.
• Directly involved in human reproduction.

Answer 4

Primary Sex Characteristics

Question 5

– the
tube leading
from the
outside of the
body to the
opening of
the womb.

Answer 5

Vagina

Question 6

– the
womb.

Answer 6

Uterus

Question 7

– the
female sex
glands.

Answer 7

Ovaries

Question 8

– the organ
through which
males urinate
and which
delivers the male
sex cells or
sperm.

Answer 8

Penis

Question 9

– the male sex
glands.

Answer 9

Testes/Testicles

Question 10

– an
external pouch
that holds the
testes.

Answer 10

Scrotum

Question 11

a gland that
secretes most of
the fluid that
carries the
sperm.

Answer 11

Prostate Gland –

Question 12

• Develop during puberty and are indirectly
  involved in human reproduction.
• Distinguish the male from the female and
  may act as attractants to members of the
  opposite sex, ensuring that sexual activity
  and reproduction will occur.

Answer 12

Secondary Sex Characteristics

Question 13

Include a growth spurt that begins at about
ages 10 to 12 and finishes about 1 year
following the first menstrual cycle.

Answer 13

FEMALE SECONDARY SEX
CHARACTERISTICS

Question 14

• The blood and tissue lining of the uterus
  exit the body through the vagina if there is
  no pregnancy to support.

Answer 14

Menstrual Cycle

Question 15

– the first cycle of
menstruation; occurs at an average age of
about 12 in more developed countries
such as the United States.

Answer 15

Menarche

Question 16

– the onset of production of
sperm, occurring at a little over 14 years of
age.

Answer 16

Spermarche

Question 17

develop as the
embryo is growing in the womb as a result
of the chromosomes contained within the
embryonic cells as well as hormonal
influences.

Answer 17

Primary sex characteristics

Question 18

– form within the embryo at about
5 weeks of pregnancy.

Answer 18

Gonads

Question 19

Two sets of ducts (tubes) also develop next
to the gonads, the

Answer 19

Wolffian ducts
Müllerian ducts

Question 20

(which
can become the male sex organs) and the

Answer 20

Wolffian ducts

Question 21

(which can become the
female sex organs).

Answer 21

Müllerian ducts

Question 22

At this point, the
gonads are undifferentiated- neither fully
male of fully female- and the embryo could
potentially become either male of female.
* The deciding factor:.

Answer 22

CHROMOSOMES

Question 23

If the chromosomes of the 23rd pair
contain Y chromosome = causes the gonads to
release testosterone, a male hormone or
__.

Answer 23

IT’S A MALE!: androgen

Question 24

If the 23rd pair of
chromosomes contains two female or X
chromosomes, the Y gene is absent so no
testosterone is released, and the gonads will
develop intro the __-secreting ovaries.

Answer 24

IT’S A FEMALE!: estrogen

Question 25

On rare occasions, an infant is born with
sexual organs that are ambiguous – not
clearly male of female. People with this
condition are referred to as __-,

Answer 25

intersex

Question 26

intersex,
meaning ,__ and
represent about __ of the
population.

Answer 26

“between the sexes”; 1.7 percent