Sexual Health Terms

Question 1

Endocrine Glands

Answer 1

Glands that pour their secretions directly into blood.

ductless gland

Question 2

Hormones

Answer 2

Living cells that stimulate other body cells to do something

Question 3

Pituitary Gland

Answer 3

Organ located at the base of the brain. Regulate growth and reproduction

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Seminal Vesicles

Answer 4

Pouches that lie on either side of the male reproductive tract

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Prostate Gland

Answer 5

Produces liquid in which sperm is carried. May develop cancer

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Cowpers Gland

Answer 6

Glands on either side of the male urethra. Neutralizes conditions inside urethra

Question 7

Vas Deferens

Answer 7

Sperm carrying duct beginning in the epididymis and joins the duct of the seminal vesicles

Question 8

Testis

Answer 8

Male reproductive Gland. Produces sperm

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Epididymis

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Ducts leading from the testis into the vas deferens

Question 10

Testicular cancer

Answer 10

Cancer of the testicles usually occurring between ages 15-35

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Ovaries

Answer 11

Organs that produces eggs and female hormones

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Ovum

Answer 12

Female egg cell

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Uterus

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The organ in women where babies develop

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Monogamy

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Mutually faithful sexual partner

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Vertical transmission (HIV)

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Disease spread from mother to baby

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Ovulation

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One egg leaving the woman’s body once every month

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Fallopian tubes

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Pair of tubes that carry the egg from the ovary to the uterus

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Endometrium

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Muchos membrane lining the uterus

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Menstration

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Discharging blood and tissue lining from the uterus

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Cervix

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Narrow opening of the woman’s uterus

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Toxic shock syndrome

Answer 21

If a tampon is in to long you’ll get this bacterial illness

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Fertilization

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Union of a egg and sperm

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Embryo

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Development of a human baby eighth week mark

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Amniotic sac

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Fluid filled sac that encloses the embryo

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Umbilical cord

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Tube that connects an unborn baby to the placenta of its mother

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Prenatal care

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Relaying to pregnant women and their unborn babies

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Amniocentesis

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A test to check the baby's health

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Mammogram

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Picture of women's breasts to check for cancerous lumps

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Pandemic vs epidemic

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Pandemic- world wide spread of disease Epidemic- regional outbreak of a disease

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Sterility

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Inability to conceive

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Progestin

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Progesterone that stops ovulation and increases mucus

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Progesterone

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Female sex hormone prepares endometrium for fertilized egg

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Estrogen

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Hormone responsible for development of the female sex characteristics and promotes growth and maintenance of the female reproductive system

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Oxytocin

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Stimulates the uterine muscle and the secretion of milk

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Follicle Stimulating Hormone

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Hormone that stimulates the growth of the ovum and activates the sperm forming cell

Question 36

Human Chorionic Gonadotropic Hormone

Answer 36

Hormone produced by cells that surround the embryo. This cells will go on to form the placenta