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16 Cards in this Set
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hormone
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chemical substances produced by endocrine glands
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pituitary gland
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a small gland at the base of the brain
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adrenaline
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hormone released by the adrenal glands
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pancreas
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a large gland located behind the stomach
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ovaries
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female reproductive glands
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testes
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male reproductive glands
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testosterone
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male sex hormone
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sperm
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male sex cells
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estrogen
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female sex hormone
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ova
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female sex cells
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puberty
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period of sexual development during which males and females become sexually mature and able to produce children
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fertilization
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joining a sperm cell with an egg cell, begins process of reproduction
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penis
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external sexual organ through which sperm leave the body
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prostate gland
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near the bladder at the midline of the body
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sterility
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when a person is unable to reproduce
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undescended testes
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results when one of the testes does not descend into the scrotum at birth
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