CH 10-11

Question 1

Marriage

Answer 1

Marriage is becoming a minority status; today less than half of all households consist of married couples.

Question 2

six in adults

Answer 2

Older adults can still be sexual at any age (and get STIs too).

Question 3

What triggers sex differentiation?

Answer 3

triggered by SRY gene, located on the Y chromosome (only males have it)

Question 4

How do we end up as females and males?

Answer 4

Chromosomes
Hormones
Biological/Anatomical Differentiation
Brain Development
Society/Social Influences

Question 5

What ducts do both sexes posses?

Answer 5

Wolffan and Mullerian (we aRE all the same at one point).

Question 6

Wolffan Ducts are

Answer 6

precursors of the male reproductive tract.

Question 7

Mullerian ducts are

Answer 7

Müllerian ducts are precursors of the female reproductive tract.

Question 8

anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH)

Answer 8

In males, testes produce anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) to eliminate the female ducts.

Question 9

Ovaries do not produce AMH so…..

Answer 9

Ovaries do not produce AMH; thus females maintain their Müllerian structures.
We initially start out female and the men produce AMH and lose the female organs)
Development of the male and female reproductive tracts at 6 weeks