Reproduction And Heredity Flashcards

1
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Secrete chemicals through ducts to outside of body(External)

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Exocrine

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2
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Secrete hormones directly into blood stream(no ducts to exit) that signal changes in other parts of the body(Internal)

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Endocrine

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3
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Chemical substance, or message, released by an endocrine gland that has a specific function in the body

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Hormone

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4
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Period of sexual development during which a person becomes sexually mature and physically able to reproduce

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Puberty

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5
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How dose Puberty start?

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1produce Sex Hormones

  1. Produce/Store sperm
  2. Deliver sperm to female reproductive system
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6
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Sexual organ through which sperm leave the body. The tip is covered with with loose skin, called the foreskin. Foreskin removal=Circumcision

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Penis

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7
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Male reproductive glands (2functions=production of Testosterone and sperm)

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Testes

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8
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Reproductive sells(male)

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Sperm

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9
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Sperm cell joins with an egg

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Fertilization

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10
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Semen

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Mixture of sperm cells and fluids

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11
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Ejaculation

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Ejection of semen from the penis

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12
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Female reproductive system

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  1. Produce Sex Hormones
  2. Produce Eggs
  3. Provide a nourishing environment in which a fertilization egg can develop into a baby
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13
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Reproductive cells/eggs(in females)

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Ova

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14
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Reproductive glands in which eggs are produced (2 Functions=produce hormones estrogen and progesterone and release mature egg sells)

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Ovaries

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15
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Activities certain physical changes at puberty

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Estrogen

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16
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Activities changes to a woman’s reproductive system before and during pregnancy

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Progesterone

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17
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One of the ovaries releases a ripened egg about once every month

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Ovulation

18
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Passages that carry eggs away from ovaries

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Fallopian Tubes

19
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Hollow, muscular organ where egg can grow and develop

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Uterus

20
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Hollow, muscular passage leading from the uterus to the outside of the body

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Vagina

21
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Process by which a female produces one mature egg each month

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Menstrual Cycle

22
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On average, Menstrual Cycles usually last about_______days

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28

23
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Factors affecting menstrual cycle

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  1. Diet
  2. Stress
  3. Exercise
  4. Weight gain/loss
24
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Ovaries slow down hormone production and no longer release eggs

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Menopause

25
Q

Daily washing

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Cleanliness

26
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Eliminate infections, diseases, etc. until God approves

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Sexual Abstinence

27
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Learn how to monitor for medical problems

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Self exams

28
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Yearly check-ups should be done by a professional

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Medical Check-ups

29
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Endocrine System

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Hypothalamus, pituitary gland, thymus gland, adrenal gland, thyroid gland, parathyroid glands, pancreas, ovaries, testes

30
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Filled in blanks

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Self abuse, blinded, sin, destroying, brain

31
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Causes of self ‘pleasure’

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Brain weekend, head decay, insanity, memory loss, liver/kidney damage, headache

32
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Hypothalamus

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Links nervous system, endocrine system, and controls some pituitary gland functions

33
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Pituitary gland

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Controls other endocrine glands…

34
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Thymus gland

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Hormones released by the thymus gland

35
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Adrenal glands

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Triggers the body to respond in sudden stress

36
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Thyroid gland

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Regulates overall metabolic rate and controls calcium

37
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Parathyroid glands

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4 parathyroid glands regulate calcium and phosphorus(tooth formation)

38
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Pancreas

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Behind the stomach, controls sugar levels in the blood

39
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Ovaries

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He male reproductive glands(egg maturation and control)

40
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Testes

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Male reproductive glands (regulates sperm production)

41
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Sperm Pathway>travels through the vas deferents to seminal vesicles>Produced in the testes/mature-stored in epididymis>prostates gland protects the sperm with fluid>seminal vesicles add fluids produce energy for the sperm>bulbourethral glands fluid protecting the perm from the urethra

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> 1Produced in the testes/mature-stored in epididymis>2travels through the vas deferents to seminal vesicles>3seminal vesicles add fluids produce energy for the sperm>4prostates gland protects the sperm with fluid>5bulbourethral glands fluid protecting the perm from the urethra