Chapter 10.1 + 10.2

Question 1

primary sex characteristics

Answer 1

sexual organs present at birth and directly involved in human reproduction.

Question 2

secondary sex characteristics

Answer 2

sexual organs and traits that develop at puberty and are indirectly involved in human reproduction.

Question 3

vagina

Answer 3

the tube that leads from the outside of a female’s body to the opening
of the womb.

Question 4

uterus

Answer 4

the womb in which the baby grows during pregnancy.

Question 5

penis

Answer 5

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

Question 6

scrotum

Answer 6

external sac that holds the testes.

Question 7

prostate gland

Answer 7

gland that secretes most of the fluid holding the male sex cells or sperm.

Question 8

menarche

Answer 8

the first menstrual cycle, the monthly shedding of the blood and tissue
that line the uterus in preparation
for pregnancy when conception does not occur.

Question 9

mammary glands

Answer 9

glands within the breast tissue that produce milk when a woman gives birth to an infant.

Question 10

androgens

Answer 10

male hormones.

Question 11

estrogens

Answer 11

female hormones.

Question 12

intersex

Answer 12

modern term for a hermaphrodite, a person who possesses ambiguous sexual organs, making it difficult to determine actual sex from a visual inspection at birth.