ANTENATLA CARE 1 Flashcards
refers to whether a person is male or female, whether a person has a penis or vagina; commonly used as an abbreviation to refer to sexual intercourse.
SEX
refers to the total expression of who you are as a human being, your femaleness or your maleness
Sexuality
It begins before birth
and lasts until the end of life
Sexuality
Give the 5 Human Sexuality
Components
- Human Development
- Sexual Health
- Relationships and
Emotions - Sexual behavior
- Sexual violence
Stage of life where secondary sex characteristics
begin
PUBERTY
Hormone responsible for muscular
development, physical growth and increase in
sebaceous gland secretions for both male &
female.
ANDROGEN
Hormone that influences the development of
the uterus, fallopian tubes & vagina; fat
distribution & hair patterns; breast
development (thelarche); end to growth
(closes the epiphyses of long bones).
ESTROGEN
support testes & helps regulate
temperature of sperm
Scrotum
contains Leydig’s cells (testosterone) & seminiferous gland (spermatozoa)
Testes
protect the symphysis pubis
Mons Veneris
hairless skinfold
Labia Minora
fatty skin fold; protects
the internal genitalia
Labia Majora-
Located near the urethra in females; one of the glands that lubricate the vagina
Skene’s glands
Located near the vaginal opening in females; one of the glands that lubricate the vulva
Bartholin’s gland
this is where the implantation happens; it protects the growing fetus
uterus
uppermost part of the uterus; expands
during pregnancy
body/ corpus
commonly cut during cesarean birth
isthmus
lowest portion; passageway during
delivery, the neck of the uterus.
cervix