Chapter 9

Question 1

Menarche

Answer 1

Girls first menstraul period

Question 2

Spermarche

Answer 2

Boys first ejaculation of sperm

Question 3

Hormones

Answer 3

Body chemicals produced by the body to regulate biological processes

Question 4

Pituitary gland

Answer 4

Gland in the rain that responds to a signal from the hypothalamus

Question 5

Adrenal glands

Answer 5

Glands that produce epinephrine and norepinephrine

Question 6

Secular trend

Answer 6

Data on puberty over the centuries reveals a dramatic example of a long term statistical increase or decrease

Question 7

Primary sex characteristics

Answer 7

Parts of the body that are directly involved in reproduction

Question 8

Secondary sex characteristics

Answer 8

Observable physical traits that are not directly involved in reproduction

Question 9

Anorexia

Answer 9

Eating disorder characterized by self starvation

Question 10

Obesity

Answer 10

Disorder at every age

Question 11

Bulimia

Answer 11

Eating disorder characterized by binge eating and subsequent purging

Question 12

Intuitive thought

Answer 12

Thought that arises from an emotion or a hunch