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Reproduction
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Undescended Testes | Testes do not "fall" into scrotum at birth |
| Enlarge prostate | sign of prostate cancer |
| Sterility | When a person is unable to reproduce |
| Testosterone | the hormone that regulates male sexual developement |
| Semen | the mixture of male reproductive celss and fluids |
| Scrotum | the pouch that contains the testes |
| Puberty | the period of sexual development in which males and females become sexually mature and able to produce children |
| Fertilization | the joining of a male sperm and female egg to form a new life |
| ovulation | occurs near or during 14th day : easiest time to get pregnant in |
| abstinance | only way to 100% prevent pregnancy |
| HIV/AIDS | STI in which there is kno known cure and caused by a virus |
| Trimester | 3 parts pregnancy is divided into |
| symptoms of STI's | Thick, foul odered, discharge, burning and pain in urination, itching and redness of genitalia |
| cesarean section | the process sometimes needed that surgically removes the baby from the mother. |
| STI causes | may cause sterility and pelvic inflammatory disease |
| Signs of fetal alcohol syndrome | mental retardation, heart defects, poor motor development |