Reproductive Health – Flashcards
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Testes
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Two small glands that secrete testosterone and produce sperm
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Scrotum
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An external skin sac that holds the teste
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Cervix
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The opening of the uterus
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Semen
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Sperm and other secretions from the male reproductive system
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Ovulation
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The process of releasing a mature ovum into the Fallopian tubes each month
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Uterus
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A hollow, muscular organ that nourishes and protects a developing fetus
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Testosterone
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The male sex hormone that controls the production of sperm
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Fertilization of an egg by a sperm occurs in the?
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Fallopian tubes
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Which term describes the cell that results from fertilization?
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Zygote
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What is a thin, fluid-filled membrane that surrounds and protects the developing embryo?
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Amniotic sac
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Female sex hormones are produced by?
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Ovaries
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Once an ovum is released from an ovary it then
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enters the Fallopian tubes
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Most human cells have 46 chromosomes
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True
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Pregnancy is divided into three trimesters
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True
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Implantation occurs in the umbilical cord
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False, Uterus
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The scrotum protects sperm by keeping the testes slightly below body temperature
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True
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Body cells of males have two X chromosomes
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False, females
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The placenta and the fetus are connected by the umbilical cord
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True
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Many sperm can fertilize an egg
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False, only one
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The uterus protects and nourishes a developing fetus
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True
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Menstruation is the process of releasing a mature ovum into the Fallopian tubes
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False, Ovulation
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The testes make sperm
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True
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Sperm travels through the?
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Cervix, uterus, Fallopian tubes
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Boys have 2 X chromosomes
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False, X and Y
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Fertilization takes place in the Fallopian tubes
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True
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The heart is one of the first organs to form
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True
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At 9 weeks the embryo is considered a fetus
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True
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The placenta is in the wall of the ovary and is the baby's life support system
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False, ...the wall of the uterus...
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Waste products from the baby are removed by the placenta
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True
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Hearing is the one sense that the baby won't develop until it's born
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False, sight
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Fraternal twins happen when two eggs are released and fertilized at the same time
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True
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Most organs develop in the 3rd trimester
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False, 1st tri
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Doctors believe that when a fetus is 24 weeks old it can survive
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True
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The last major organ to develop is the brain
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False, the lung
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When the cervix stretches to 10 cm, the baby is ready to be born
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False, 10 cm
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The Uterus lines the vagina
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True
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The umbilical cord connects the embryo to the placenta
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True
