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26 Cards in this Set
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Where are seminiferous tubules located |
Testes |
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Site of sperm production |
Seminiferous tubules |
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Where is sperm stored and matured? |
Epididymis |
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What is semen carried out of the body by? |
Urethra |
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What determines the male secondary sex characteristics? |
Testosterone |
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Produced in the pituitary gland and regulates amount of testosterone |
Luteinizing Hormone |
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Controls formation of sperm |
Follicle Stimulating Hormone |
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Site of egg development |
Ovaries |
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Contains smooth muscle and cilia that moves the egg along |
Uterine tube |
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stimulates ovulation and changes the follicle into the corpus luteum |
Lutenizing Hormone |
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What regulates the menstrual cycle |
Ovarian Cycle |
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True or false, men retain complete function of repro system until 80's or later |
True |
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Testes decline in sperm production after age |
50 |
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One year after the last menstrual period |
Menopause |
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Very low levels of estrogen occurs |
During Postmenopause |
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Estrogen Replacement Therapy increases..... |
Endometrial Growth |
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Caused by disorders in neurologic or vascular functions, diabetes, medications, alcohol, but can be treated |
Impotence |
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True or false, prostate cancer is more common in black men than white men |
True |
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Treatment of Prostate Cancer |
Hormone or radiation therapy |
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Thinning of the walls of the vagina. Reduced secretions, and increased susceptibility to infections |
Atrophic Vaginitis |
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Weakeness in the ligaments that support the uterus |
Prolaps of the Uterus |
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Causes of prolapse of the uterus |
Loss of estrogen, trauma during childbirth, genetics. |
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Detected by Pap Smear, risk declines after menopause, in young women it is rapid metastasis, in older it is slow growing |
Cervical Cancer |
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Occurs post menopause, slow growing and treated by hysteroctomy |
Endometrial Cancer |
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Occurs post menopause, no symptoms until late stages, localized, may cause accumulated fluid in the abdomen |
Ovarian Cancer |
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Second most common internal cancer in women, occurs after age 40 usually, and spreads through lymph channels and blood vessels |
Breast Cancer |
