Module 15

Question 1

What is an effect of a sexually transmitted disease?

Answer 1

It can damage a person’s reproductive system and make the person infertile.

Question 2

What structure is present only in a lactating breast?

Answer 2

An active alveolus.

Question 3

When may a Caesarean delivery be necessary?

Answer 3

To save the life of the baby, mother or both

Question 4

What is the placenta?

Answer 4

An organ produced by the embryo’s support cells.

Question 5

What are 3 things that are true of stem cells?

Answer 5

They are found in adults, embryos and umbilical cords.

Question 6

What is Embryology?

Answer 6

A fetus as a developing baby that has formed all its organs and now needs only to grow in size and maturity.

Question 7

Where does implantation of the embryo normally occur?

Answer 7

The uterus

Question 8

Where does fertilization most often occur?

Answer 8

The ampulla of the fallopian tube

Question 9

What does the male sex act include?

Answer 9

ejaculation, emission and erection.

Question 10

What is a factor that interferes with a woman’s menstrual cycle?

Answer 10

Pregnancy

Question 11

How long does a menstrual cycle last on average?

Answer 11

28 days

Question 12

What is the order of a menstrual cycle?

Answer 12

1. Menstruation
2. Follicles are stimulated to grow
3. Ovulation
4. Endometrium becomes thickest
5. Endometrium deteriorates

Question 13

What hormone does the pituitary gland produce?

Answer 13

FSH and LH

Question 14

What hormone does the Corpus Luteum produce?

Answer 14

Progesterone

Question 15

What hormone does the follicle produce?

Answer 15

Estrogen

Question 16

What hormone does the testis produce?

Answer 16

Testosterone

Question 17

What does the union of a sperm and an ovum produce?

Answer 17

A zygote

Question 18

What does the testis produce?

Answer 18

Testosterone and sperm

Question 19

The testis in the fetus must leave the abdomen and migrate to where?

Answer 19

Through the inguinal canal to the scrotum

Question 20

What are the glands that add nourishing and chemically protective fluid to the semen before it leaves the body?

Answer 20

the prostate and the seminal vesicles

Question 21

What is puberty?

Answer 21

The maturation of the sexual organs that are present from birth, under the influence of new sex hormones.

Question 22

What are some signs of puberty?

Answer 22

• quick, long bone growth
• more acne
• voice change
• Armpit hair
• Hair in the pubic regions

Question 23

What is the ovary the source of?

Answer 23

The ova

Question 24

What is the ovary the location for?

Answer 24

The follicles and of the corpus leteum

Question 25

What happens in ovulation?

Answer 25

• A follicle moves to the surface and ruptures.
• The egg is released
• The egg is drawn into the ampulla of the fallopian tube.

Question 26

What happens in orgasm?

Answer 26

• It is experienced by both male and female.

- Oxytocin release binds both husband and wife together emotionally.

Question 27

What is fidelity?

Answer 27

Sexual activity only between a husband and a wife.

Question 28

Does a male have a monthly cycle of high and low blood levels of testosterone?

Answer 28

NO.