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Unit 12: Human Reproduction Flashcards

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What is Digital Rectal Exam (DRE) for?

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to early detect prostate cancer

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What is a self exam for?

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to early detect breast cancer

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What does a self exam reveal?

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may reveal new hard spots or lumps in the breast

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What is a mammogram? used for?

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x-ray of the breast used to detect bumps too small to feel bumps and help distinguish if bump is breast cancerous

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What’s the purpose of BRCA1 & BRCA2 gene?

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to see if a patient inherited genes that are premutated.

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Mutated copies of _____ gene makes it likely to develop ____ cancer?

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Mutated copies of **BRCA1 & BRCA2** gene makes it likely to develop **breast** cancer

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What is a pap smear for?

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to detect cervical cancer

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How does a pap smear work?

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Swab the mucous (黏黏)of the cervix (mucous contains cells of cervix). cells observed to see if any are cancerous

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Why is radiation therapy not needed for grandpa with prostate cancer?

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  • expensive and painful - doctors know that prostate cancer grow very slowly, most men die from other problems - against strong statistics -> not necessary!
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Why is biopsy unnecessary for woman with small hard spots in breast?

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  1. doctors know based on statistics, hard spots are usually not tumorous (if they are, they’re likely not cancerous 2. Woman is upset cause she must wait a month for a biopsy but they were just dense, non cancerous tissue
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how do US medical care make profit by overtreating?

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  1. grandpa with prostate cancer recommended radiation therapy
  2. woman recommended biopsy after having small hard spots on the breast because they’re usually non cancerous dense tissue
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What is biopsy?

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The removal of a small piece of tissue for examination

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What are stem cells?

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unspecialized cells that can differentiate into specialized cells

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What is the most potent (most powerful) type of stem cell?

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Embryonic stem cells - they can become any cell type in the body

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What cells are less potent and able to differentiate into a more LIMITED range of cell type?

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Adult stem cells

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Why are adult cells less potent?

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they can only differentiate to a more LIMITED range of cells

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What can adult stem cells do in the bone marrow?

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differentiate into platelets, red blood cells, and some white blood cells but NO OTHER CELLS

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What cells are great value to research and medicine?

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Embryonic stem cells

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Why are embryonic stem cells important?

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they are great value to research and medicine

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How can stem cells be used?

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to THERAPEUTICALLY treat human disease & correct genetic mutation

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How did Stargardt’s Disease get treated with stem cells?

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  • DIFFERENCIATED skin cells taken from patient
  • reprorammed to be stem cells (by iPSC)
  • genetically edited to not have mutation and cultured outside the body to be new retinal cells for the mascula
  • cells transplanted to patient’s retina to repair mascula and repare sight
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What is Stargardt’s Disease?

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a type of mascular degernation caused by a mutation that causes mascula cells to degenerate (decline) - lose most of focused sight and color vision

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what has been steadily dropping since the mid 20th century?

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male fertility

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Why has male fertility been declining? correlated with?

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correlated with - increase in plastics - variety of synthetic compounds that are hormones (ex: birth control)

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Why do plastics decrease male fertility?

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plastics shed hormone like chemicals into the body & environment

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What is infertility?

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The inability to conceive after 1 year of trying

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How does in-vitro (in glass) fertilization work?

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  • woman given hormones to product 1+eggs (usually 1 egg)
  • eggs taken from female and sperm inserted to fertilize and form zygotes in glass tube
  • cultured for 2 days to early embryos
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What is cryopreservation

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the act of freezing eggs

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Why save and freeze multiple eggs at once?

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In case none fertilized eggs inserted to woman work and no pregnancy, they still have eggs to try again

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Who formed the first hypothesis to pregnancy?

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Aristotle

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What was the first pregnancy hypothesis?

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Man’s semen (seed) mixed with woman’s menstrual blood formed egg and develop to human fetus (soil and seed hypothesis)

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Who tested the first pregnancy hypothesis in what year?

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William Harvery tested by experimenting on a deer in 1632

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Why were deers chosen to test the first pregnancy hypothesis on?

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Deers have a distinct breeding season and the breeding can be observed

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How did William Harvey test the first pregnancy hypothesis?

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he killed female deers after they mated with males to observe their uterus

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What did William Harvey discover?

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  • He found no evidence of eggs or fetuses or menstrual blood
  • He only found fetuses in females WEEKS after intercourse
  • proved Aristotle’s hypothesis wrong
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Why is William Harvey’s experiment significant?

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  • falsified Aristotle’s hypothesis - showed that lack of technology is a limitation to new discoveries
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What would happen if William Harvey had microscopes?

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maybe he could discover how sperm fertilized eggs to form embryos

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What animals have internal fertilization?

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Mammals, birds, reptiles

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What animals have external fertilization?

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Most aquatic animals (fish and amphibians)

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Is internal or external fertilization more likely to occur? why?

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INTERNAL FERTILIZATION - females have more choice because mate in land + water not just water so fertilization is more likely to occur and survive

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Why can stem cells be controversial?

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  • Some view the storage, altering of cells offensive to life because they see the cells “human”
  • Some see the embryos “human” there is unethical
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Draw the female reproductive system

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Draw the male reproductive system

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How do menstrual hormones affect the production of one another?

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FSH stimulates the production of oestrogen and oestrogen inhibits the production of FSH.

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Purpose of Ovary? (M/F)

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Produces eggs. estrpgen. and progesterone

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Purpose of Uterus? (M/F)

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Female - Provides protection, food, oxygen and removal of waste products for the fetus during pregnancy

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Purpose of Vulva? (M/F)

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Female - Protects internal parts of the female reproductive system

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Purpose of Vagina? (M/F)

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Female - Stimulates penis to cause ejaculation and provides a birth canal

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Purpose of Cervix? (M/F)

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Female - Protects the fetus during pregnancy then dialates to provide a birth canal

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Purpose of Oviduct? (M/F)

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Female - Collegs eggs at ovulation, provides a site for fertilization then moves embryo to the uterus

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Purpose of Sperm Duct? (M/F)

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Male - Transfers sperm during ejaculation

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Purpose of Penis? (M/F)

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Male - Has erectile tissue that becomes enlarged and hard allowing penetration of the vagina so the semen can be ejeculated near the cervix

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Purpose of Urethra? (M/F)

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Both (This one for male) - Transfers semen during ejaculation and urine during urination

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Purpose of Testis? (M/F)

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Male - Produces sperm and testoterone

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Purpose of Scrotum? (M/F)

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Male - Holds testes at lower than core body temperature

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Purpose of Epididymus? (M/F)

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Male - Stores sperm until ejaculation

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Purpose of Prostate Gland? (M/F)

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Male - Secretes an alkaline fluid that is added to sperm at the start of ejaculation and helps sperm to swim

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Purpose of Seminal Vesicle? (M/F)

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Male - Secretes an alkaline fluid at the end of ejaculation containing proteins that make the semen sticky

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Which hormone causes the wall of the follicle to develop after ovulation and secrete more progesterone?

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LH (Luteinizing Hormone)

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Which organ secretes FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone)?

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Pituatary Gland

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Which hormonal event causes ovulation to occur in the human menstrual cycle?

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A quick rise in LH

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What is in vitro fertilisation?

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Fertilisation of an egg outside the body.

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During the menstrual cycle, what occurs in response to a fall in the progesterone level?

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During the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle _____

causes follicles to develop and as this development occurs the hormone ____

is released which helps to thicken the lining of the endometrium.

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During the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle

**FSH** causes follicles to develop and as this development occurs the hormone **ESTROGEN** is released which helps to thicken the lining of the endometrium.

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Ovulation occurs after the peak in which hormone of the menstrual cycle?

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LH

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