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25 Cards in this Set
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SPERM |
THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE CELLS |
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FERTILIZATION |
A SPERM MAY JOIN WITH AN EGG IN THIS PROCESS |
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TESTES |
THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE GLAND |
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TESTOSTERONE |
THE MALE SEX HORMONE THAT AFFECTS THE PRODUCTION OF SPERM AND SIGNALS CERTAIN PHYSICAL CHANGES AT PUBERTY |
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SCROTUM |
SAC OF SKIN WHERE THE TESTES HANG OUTSIDE THE MAIN BODY |
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PENIS |
IS THE EXTERNAL SEXUAL ORGAN THROUGH WHICH SPERM LEAVE |
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SEMEN |
THE FLUID THAT INCLUDES SPERM CELLS AND OTHER FLUID |
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ERECTION |
A PROCESS THAT OCCURS WHEN THE PENIS SWELLS THE THE BLOOD AND ELONGATES |
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EJACULATION |
THE EJECTION OF SEMEN FROM THE PENIS |
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SEMINAL VESICLES |
TWO SMALL GLANDS THAT SECRETE A FLUID RICH IN SUGAR THAT NOURISHES AND HELP SPERM MOVE |
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EPIDIDYMIS |
A COMMA SHAPED STRUCTURE ALONG THE REAR SURFACE OF THE TESTES WHERE SPERM MATURE |
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VAS DEFERENS |
TWO LONG, THIN TUBES ACT AS A PASSAGEWAY FOR SPERM |
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BULBOURETHRAL GLAND |
TWO SMALL GLANDS THAT SECRETE A CLEAR, LUBRICATING FLUID INTO THE URETHRA |
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OVE |
(EGGS) THE REPRODUCTIVE CELLS OF A WOMAN |
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OVARIES |
THE REPRODUCTIVE GLAND IN WHICH EGGS ARE PRODUCED |
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ESTROGEN |
THE HORMONE IN WOMEN THAT ACTIVATES CERTAIN PHYSICAL CHANGES DURING PUBERTY |
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PROGESTERONE |
ACTIVATES CHANGES TO A WOMAN'S REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM BEFORE AND DURING PREGNANCY |
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OVULATION |
ONCE PUBERTY BEGINS; ONE OF THE OVARIES RELEASES A RIPENED EGG ONCE A MONTH |
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FALLOPIAN TUBES |
PASSAGEWAY THAT CARRY EGGS AWAY FROM THE OVARIES |
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UTERUS |
A HOLLOW, MUSCULAR, PEAR SHAPED ORGAN WHERE A FERTILIZED EGG CAN DEVELOP AND GROW |
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VAGINA |
A HOLLOW, MUSCULAR, PASSAGE LEADING FROM THE UTERUS TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY. ALSO CALLED THE BIRTH CANAL |
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CERVIX |
THE LOWEST PART OF THE UTERUS TO CONNECTS TO THE VAGINA |
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MENSTRUAL CYCLE |
WHEN FEMALES PRODUCE A MATURE EGG CELL EACH MONTH. DURING THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE, AN OVARY RELEASES A MATURE EGG. THE EGG TRAVELS TO THE UTERUS. IF THE EGG IS NOT FERTILIZED, THE UTERINE LINE IS SHED AND A NEW CYCLE. |
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MENOPAUSE |
USUALLY ABOUT AGE 45-55. THE OVARIES SLOW DOWN THEIR HORMONE PRODUCTION AND NO LONGER RELEASE MATURE EGGS |
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PAP SMEAR |
A SCREENING TEST IN WHICH CELLS ARE SCRAPED FROM THE CERVIX AND TESTED FOR CERVICAL CANCER |
