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43 Cards in this Set
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WHAT IS THE PERIOD OF LIFE BETWEEN ADULT AND CHILDHOOD CALLED?
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Adolescence
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WHAT IS THE PERIOD OF LIFE WHEN INDIVIDUALS DEVELOP SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS CALLED?
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Puberty
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WHEN DOES PUBERTY USUALLY BEGIN AND END IN FEMALES?
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11-16 but is different for each individual
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WHEN DOES PUBERTY BEGIN AND END IN MALES?
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13-18 but is different for each individual
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WHAT CAUSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS TO BEGIN?
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-The release of sex hormones
-Testosterone in males -Estrogen and Progesterone in females |
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WHO BEGINS PUBERTY AT AN EARLIER AGE?
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Females
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NAME THE STRUCTURE THAT PRODUCES AND STORES THE IMMATURE EGG CELLS UNTIL THEY BECOME AN OVUM AND LEAVE THAT STRUCTURE DURING OVULATION.
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Ovary
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WHAT IS AN IMMATURE EGG CALLED?
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Follicle
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WHAT IS A MATURE EGG CALLED?
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Ovum
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NAME THE PATHWAY THAT CARRIES THE OVUM FROM THE OVARY TO THE UTERUS?
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Fallopian Tube
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NAME THE STRUCTURE THAT BUILDS A NOURISHING LINING IN PREPERATION FOR THE FERTILIZED EGG?
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Uterus
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NAME THE PROCESS IN WHICH THE UNFERTALIZED EGG CELL, THE LINING OF THE UTERUS AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF BLOOD, LEAVES THE BODY.
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Menstruation
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NAME THE PROCESS IN WHICH A MATURE EGG CELL (OVUM) LEAVES THE OVARY AND ENTERS THE FALLOPIAN TUBE.
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Ovulation
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WHERE DOES THE SPERM CELL FERTILIZE THE EGG CELL?
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The upper portion of the uterus
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NAME THE LOWER PORTION OF THE UTERUS THAT IS A COMMON SITE OF CANCER.
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Cervix
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NAME THE STRUCTURES THAT PRODUCE AND STORE SPERM CELLS UNTIL THEY MATURE.
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Testes
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NAME THE STRUCTURE THAT STORES MATURE SPERM CELLS UNTIL THEY ARE NEEDED BY THE BODY
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Epidiymis
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NAME THE TUBE THAT CARRIES SPERM CELLS FROM THE EPIDIDYMIS TO THE SEMINAL VESICLE
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Vas Deferens
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WHAT IS THE JOB OF THE SEMINAL VESICLE?
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to produce a sugary fluid that nourishes the sperms cell (gives them energy)
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WHAT IS THE JOB OF THE COWEPER'S GLAND AND PROSTATE GLAND?
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to protect the sperm cells by producing a fluid that protects them from the environment inside the female reproductive system
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WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON SITE OF CANCER IN MALES?
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Prostate Gland
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WHAT IS THE COMBINATION OF THE FLUIDS FROM THE COWPER'S GLAND, PROSTATE GLAND AND SPERM CELL CALLED?
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Semen
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NAME THE TUBE THAT CARRIES THE SEMEN AND URINE OUT OF THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
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Urethra
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WHAT PORTION OF THE SPERM CELL CONTAINS THE ENTIRE MALE GENETIC CODE?
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Head of the sperm
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE TAIL OF THE SPERM CELL THAT IS USED TO PROPEL IT ALONG IT'S JOURNEY?
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Flagellum
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE FERTILIZED EGG WHEN THE CELL BEGINS TO SPLIT?
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Zygote
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WHAT IS THE DEVELOPING CHILD CALLED WHEN IT IS 3-4 WEEKS OLD, A 1/4 OF AN INCH LONG, AND HAS A HEART BEAT?
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Embryo
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WHAT IS THE DEVELOPING CHILD CALLED WHEN IT IS 12 WEEKS OLD, 3 INCHES LONG, AND BEGINS TO MOVE AROUND?
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Fetus
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NAME THE FLUID FILLED SAC THE CHILD LIVES IN WHILE IN THE MOTHER'S WOMB.
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Amniotic Sac
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WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON PREGNANCY TEST PREFORMED? WHAT DO THEY TEST FOR?
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A urine test.
Looking for HCG a hormone that is produced by the body when the woman is pregnant. |
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WHAT CELL IN THE BODY DOES THE HIV INFECTION ATTACK?
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T-Cell
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WHAT DOES THE ABBREVIATION HIV STAND FOR?
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Human Immune-deficiency Virus.
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WHAT DOES THE ABBREVIATION AIDS STAND FOR?
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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
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DO INDIVIDUALS DIE OF AIDS?
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No, they die of an opportunistic disease (a disease that a healthy body could easily defeat)
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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIV POSITIVE AND AN AIDS VICTIM?
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An HIV positive person has the virus in their body.
An AIDS victim's T-Cell count has dropped bellow 200 T-Cells per milliliter of blood. |
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WHAT ARE THE ONLY FOUR WAYS THE HIV VIRUS CAN BE TRANSMITTED?
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1. Sharing IV drug needles
2. Sexual contact with infected person 3. Infected mother to baby at birth 4. Blood transfusion with infected blood |
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WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF TWO TEST USED TO DETECT THE HIV INFECTION
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ELIZA & Western Blot Test (Very expensive and accurate)
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HOW DO THEY CURE AN HIV INFECTION?
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There is NO present cure, medicine can only slow the progress of the disease
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WHAT DO THE INITIAL'S STI STAND FOR?
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Sexual Transmitted Infection
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WHAT ARE SOME SIGNS THAT WOULD INDICATE A PERSON MAY HAVE AN STI?
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-Burning during urination
-Pain in the pelvic region -Appearance of unusual marks in the genital area |
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NAME THE STI THAT CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY THE PRESENCE OF PAINFUL BLISTERS ON THE GENITALS.
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Genital Herpes
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NAME THE STI THAT CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY THE PRESENCE OF A PURPLE SORE IN THE GENITAL AREA CALLED A "CHANCHER".
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Syphilis
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NAME THE STI THAT IS CAUSED BY A PARASITE AND CAUSES SEVERE ITCHING IN THE PELVIC REGION.
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Pubic lice
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