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Life Skills Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
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  • Produces estrogen
  • Eggs are stored here
  • Size of almond
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Ovary

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2
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  • Unfertilized egg
  • Female reproductive
    cells joins with male reproductive cells to produce new life
  • 200 ……. per inch
  • Lives approximately 12-24 hours
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Ovum

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3
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  • 2 tubes leading from ovary to top of uterus - one each side
  • Ovum fertilized by sperm here
  • 4 inches long and very narrow (With of needle)
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Fallopian Tube

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4
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  • Also called womb, (FETUS DEVELOPED HERE)
  • shape and size of upside down pear 3 inches long
  • lining discharges if ovum is NOT fertilized
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Uterus

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5
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lining of the uterus

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endometrium

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6
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opening of the uterus

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cervix

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7
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  • Muscular tube leading from uterus to outside of body
  • Passage for menstrual flow
  • Birth canal passage
  • Organ for intercourse
  • Tampons inserted here
  • Leads to organs of reproduction
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Vagina

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8
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The external female reproductive organs

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vulva

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9
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soft tissue that covers the pubic bone and serves as a protective cushion for the reproductive organs

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mon pubis

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10
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the outer folds of skin that surround the opening of the vagina

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Labia Majora

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11
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A small, highly sensitive organ located between the labia minor or inner folds

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clitoris

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12
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The opening at the end of the urethra. The urethra is a tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body

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Urethral Opening

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13
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A thin membrane that stretches across the vaginal opening

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Hymen

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14
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Organs composed of fatty tissue that are sensitive and that provide milk for new born baby

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Breast

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15
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A pair of glands located near the labia minora which secrete fluid during sexual excitement

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Bartholins glands

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16
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The release of a mature egg cell from the ovary that usually occurs once from each moment

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Ovulation

17
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When you get your period

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Menstruation

18
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The union of an egg and a sperm cell that occur in the fallopian tube. This process is also called conception

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Fertilization

19
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The process by which a fertilized egg grows and develops in the mothers uterus and forms a new individual. In humans, this process lasts about nine months

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Pregnancy

20
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The delivery of the baby from the mothers uterus

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childbirth

21
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Female Changes during puberty

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  • Breast
  • Broadening of pelvis
  • Soft and smooth skin
  • Deposition of fat in the thighs and buttocks
  • Pubic Hair
  • Sex drive
  • Ovulation
  • Menstruation
22
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  • Holds testes

- Hangs on outside in order to regulate temperature, (too warm inside)

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Scrotum

23
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  • Produces testosterone
  • Produces sperm
  • Glands that hang in skin sack (scrotum)
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Testes

24
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  • With tails
  • Male reproductive cells
  • Joins with female reproductive cells to produce new life
  • 500 …. per inch
  • Lives approximately 48 - 72 hours
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Sperm

25
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  • Storage factory for sperm

- On back of testes

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Epididymis

26
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  • Tube inside testicles leading from testes to penis

- Carries sperm from testicles to seminal vesicle

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Vas Deferens

27
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  • Releases fluid containing nutrients
  • Mixes with sperm to form semen
  • Sperm formed here
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Seminal Vesicles

28
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  • Releases thick, milky fluid which enhances motility of sperm cells
  • Mixes with sperm to form semen, (This fluid is ejaculated during orgasm)
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Prostrate Gland

29
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  • Also called bulbourethral glands

- Releases fluid in responce to sexual stimulation (This fluid is ejaculated during orgasm)

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Cowpers Glands

30
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  • Tube inside penis where urine is eliminated from bladder Passageway fro semen when ejaculated
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Urethra

31
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  • Used for urination
  • Releases sperm
  • Used for sexual intercourse
  • Made of erectile tissue. (Lots of blood vessels, tills with blood causing erection)
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Penis

32
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Tubes inside the testes that contain and convey sperm

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Seminiferous Tubules

33
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Short tube that passes into the prostate gland and opens into urethra

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Ejaculatory

34
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Components of semen

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  • Sperm cells
  • Nutrient fluid from the seminal vesicle
  • Acidic Fluid from the prostate gland
  • Lubricating and neutralizing
35
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Path of sperm cells

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  • Produced in the testes
  • Stored on the epididymis
  • Travel through the vas deferens
  • Combine with fluid from the seminal vesicle
  • Combine with fluid from the prostate glands
  • Combine with fluid from the coppers glands
  • Now called semen, travels through the urethra in the penis
  • Leaves the body through the opening in the penis during ejaculation
36
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Male changes during puberty

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  • Larger muscles
  • Longer, heavier bones
  • Thicker, tougher skin
  • Deeper voice
  • Growth, body hair
  • Development of pubic hair
  • Greater muscle mass
  • V-shaped torso
  • Enlargement of penis scrotum, and tests
  • Increased metabolic rate
  • Sex drive
  • ejaculation

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