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16 Cards in this Set
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(XO) or (Xx) lack normal ovaries, but have a uterus, short stature, wide chest & neck
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Turner's Syndrome (1/4000)
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(XXY) or (XXXY) small testes, but breasts develop, F contours & sparse hair, tallness
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Klinefelter's Syndrome (1/1000)
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(XXX) no physical problems, just verbal problems & low fertility
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Triple-X Syndrome (1/1500)
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(XYY) genital abnormalities, low fertility, low IQ
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XYY Syndrome (1/2000)
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existence of ovarian & testicular tissue in same individual- can look normal or ambigous
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Gondal Intersexuality / True Hermaphroditism
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male Sertoli cells secrete this hormone to stop the Female defalt
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AMH (Anti-Mullerian Hormone)
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Possible causes for Gondal Intersexuality
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cells lack receptor cites for androgen, M & F conceptus fuse together?,
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Intersexed whose condition involves structures other than gonads, more common than gondal/true
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Pseudohermaphroditism (1/10,000)
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(XY) but looks F, no uterus, lack pubic hair, does have breasts from adrenal glands), body not receptive to androgens
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Complete AIS (1/10,000)
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(XY) same as Complete AIS, but can look either way
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Partial AIS (1/10,000)
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(XX) with partial masculinization: enlarged clitoris, fused labia, with further masculinizaion at puberty if untreated.
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CaH (Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia)1/16,000 -corticosteriod deficiency leds to excess testosterone
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(XY) only problem is rapid growth & early puberty
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CaH (Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia)1/16,000 -corticosteriod deficiency leds to excess testosterone
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(XY)with internal testes, etc. but no penis & scrotum until puberty when testosterone increases
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5a-Reductase Deficiency -very rare except in small interbred communities(the protein that converts testos. to DHT)
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abnormal location of the urinary meatus
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Hyospadias 1/350 males bad enough for surgery
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common exit of the gastrointestial & urogenital systems in both M & F
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Cloaca
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congenital abnormality in which puberty is delayed & other developmental anomalies occur
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Kallman's Syndrome
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