Chap 14 hormones/sti Flashcards
STI
•infection by sexual contact
- virus or bacteria
- most dangerous are viral and bacterial
AIDS
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
•viruses called human immunodeficiency viruses or HIV
HIV
virus group that attacks particular white blood cell (helper T)
•can lead to death even
Hepatitis
3 infectons
- Hepatitis A B or C
1. Fecal contamination
2. Body fluid connections
3. Blood to blood
General herpes
Viral sti and common
-infections in body causes (cold sore)
•NO CURE
HPV
Viral
•genital warts
_linked to herpes
~cancer in women
Chlamydia
Bacterial
•dangerous infection
•burning while peeing or fever
PID
Undetected chlamydias leads to this in women
•spreads to cervix and oviduct
•infertility chance
•treat: med
Gonorrhoea
Bacterial
•pain urinating
•urethra/cervix /throat rectum
Syphilis
Bacterial infection
•least common
•antibiotic treatment
-cardiovascular and nervous damage
Chromosomal sec
Genetic sex of fetus during fertilization
•XY or XX
Male hormones
GnRH
•FSH
•LH
•testosterone
~inhibit
Puberty
Reproductive system completed the development and is fully functional
Gonodotropin releasing hormone GNRH
GnRH increases by hypothalamus
•acts in anterior pituitary to release FSH AND LH
Follicle-stimulating hormone
Sex hormone
•released by GnRH
-seminiferous tube stimulation
-estrogen
Luteinizing hormone
Sex hormone
•released by GnRH
-allows testosterone release
-progesterone
Testosterone
Released into ENTIRE body by LH
•complete development of sec organs and characteristics
•spermatogenisis
Inhibin
Anterior pituitary for FSH production
Andropause/ménopause
Decline of testosterone in men at 40
-not all men
Decline of estrogen in women
-around 40-45
Estrogen
Produced by the follicle
- highest before ovulation
- FSH
Progesterone
Provided by the corpus luteum
LH releases
