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23 Cards in this Set
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male organ that delivers sperm cells during intercourse
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penis
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male organs that produce sperm cells and the hormone testosterone
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testes
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chemical messengers of the endocrine system
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hormones
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where endocrine cells are located
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endocrine glands
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region of the brain that controls blood pressure, body temperature, and emotions
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hypothalamus
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when the rate of a current process is controlled by the outcome of its previous cycle
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feedback control
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disorder in which the body is unable to control blood sugar levels
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diabetes mellitus
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large gametes
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eggs
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smaller gametes
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sperm
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organ with strong, muscular walls in which a fetus developes into an individual capable of surviving outside the mother's body
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uterus
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female organ that releases eggs and produces the hormones estrogen and progestorone
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ovary
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hormone that stimulates the liver and muscles to convert stored glycogen into glucose, raising the amount of glucose in the blood
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glucogon
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changes that take place in the ovary
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ovarian cycle
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mature egg
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ovum
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changes that prepare the lining of the uterus to recieve a fertilized egg
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menstrual cycle
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release of a mature egg from the ovary
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ovulation
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process in which the disintegrating endometrical tissue and the unfertilized ovum leave the body
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menstruation
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process a week after fertilization where the blastocyst embeds instelf in the uterine wall
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implantation
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organ through which nutrients, oxygen, and wastes are exchanged between the mother and the developing embryo
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placenta
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what the developing embryo is called from the ninth week until birth
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fetus
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human life stage in which the sexual organs mature and secondary sexual characteristics develop
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puberty
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hormone that stimulates cells to absorb sugar from the blood and causes the liver to convert blood sugar, or glucose, to glycogen
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insulin
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releases hormones that control several other endocrine glands
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petuitary gland
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