Ataypical Sex Chromosomes

Question 0

What is a normal males chromosome pattern?

Answer 0

XY

Question 1

What is a normal females chromosome pattern?

Answer 1

XX

Question 2

What is the turners syndrome?

Answer 2

where the chromosome loses an X and becomes less female

Question 3

What is the klinefelters disease?

Answer 3

Another X chromosome, becomes more female but is a male.

Question 4

An internal symptom for the turners syndrome?

Answer 4

Ovaries fail to develop

Question 5

An internal symptom for the klinefelters disease?

Answer 5

Osteoporosis

Question 6

What is the turners syndrome chromosome pattern?

Answer 6

XO

Question 7

What is the klinefelters disease chromosome pattern?

Answer 7

XXY

Question 8

What are webbing of the neck, short stature, elbow deformity and low hair line external symptoms of?

Answer 8

Turners syndrome

Question 9

What are taller than average, reduced facial hair, breast development, small tested & feminine fat external symptoms of?

Answer 9

The klinefelters disease

Question 10

What are 3 associated problems to the turners syndrome?

Answer 10

• low visual memory
• higher than average verbal ability
• difficulties in social adjustments

Question 11

What are 3 associated problems for the klinefelters disease?

Answer 11

• poor language skills
• poor reading ability
• calm and shy

Question 12

What is the typical male hormones?

Answer 12

Androgens

Question 13

What are androgens?

Answer 13

• releases testosterone allows the male foetus to develop.

- pituitary system will stimulate the appropriate glands & brain will lateralise

Question 14

Does brain lateralisation happen before or after birth as a result of testosterone?

Answer 14

Before

Question 15

An Atypical male hormone that happens in both males and females?

Answer 15

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)

Question 16

Does the congenital adrenal hyperplasia cause adrenal glands to produce androgens regardless whether testes are present?

Answer 16

Yes

Question 17

What does the congenital adrenal hyperplasia cause girls to be like?

Answer 17

Tomboyish

Question 18

When the congenital adrenal hyperplasia happens to males what does it make them be like?

Answer 18

More incline to physical activities.

Question 19

therefore testosterone is responsible for?

Answer 19

Male behaviour

Question 20

What is a typical female hormone?

Answer 20

Oestrogen

Question 21

The sex hormone oestrogen affects a persons behaviour by?

Answer 21

Leading to high levels of anti-social behaviour.

Question 22

What do androgens have on psychological development?

Answer 22

Leads to brain lateralisation, uses one side of the brain like males.

Question 23

What is the biological theory where the circumcision went wrong?

Answer 23

Where the twins Brian & Bruce were Born but Bruce’s penis got burnt off, called him Brenda and brought him up as a girl.

Question 24

Brian/Bruce - Brenda’s case study shows?

Answer 24

That it supports biology because even when he was brought up as a girl he knew he was still a male all along.