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health 8.16.17
health test 10.25.11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| goals, tasks, values, and the activities that you judge to be more important than others. | priorities |
| a person's ability to use responsibility to override emotions | self control |
| Be yourself and communicate your thoughts and feelings honestly | priority |
| set limits for expressing affection | self control |
| a closeness between two people that develops over time | intimacy |
| exaggerated feelings of passion | infatuation |
| what are 2 negative consequences for teen sexual activity | STD s and unplanned pregnancy |
| approx. how many teenage girls become pregnant every year in the U.S. | 1 million |
| how can teen parenthood harm an individual mentally and socially? | they could negatively affect relationships with other people. the could get hurt, feel guilt, regret and anxiety, and have loss of self-respect |
| the male gametes | Sperm |
| a thick fluid containing sperm and other secretions from the male reproductive system | Semen |
| the female reproductive system has several functions, including producing female sex hormones and storing the ___ | eggs |
| a female at birth has more than ______ immature ova in her ovaries | 400,000 |
| a hollow, muscular, pear-shaped organ that nourishes and protects a fertilized ovum until birth | uterus |
| a pair of tubes with finger-like projections that draw in the ovum | fallopian tubes |
| tissue that lines the uterus | endometrium |
| the fertilization of an egg by a sperm produces a cell called a ___ | zygote |
| when the zygote leaves the fallopian tube, it enters the______ and attaches itself to this wall. the fetus remains here until birst | uterus |
| the mature egg is released into one of the fallopian tubes | 21st day of female's menstrual cycle |
| what is the second leading cause of death for women in the U.S.? | breast cancer |
| as the zygote travels down the fallopian tube toward the uterus, it divides many times | cell division |
| the union of a male sperm cell and a female egg cell | comception |
| the process by which the zygote attaches to the uterine wall | implantation |
| true or false: the embryo is called a fetus after about 8 weeks | true |
| a thin, fluid filled membrane that surrounds and protects the developing embryo | amniotic sac |
| a thick, blood- rich tissue that lines the walls during pregnancy and nourishes the body | placenta |
| the cell that results from fertilization | zygote |
| a cluster of cells that develops between the third and eighth week of pregnancy | embryo |
| what are the main nutrients a woman should get during pregnancy? | calcium, protein, vitamin A, vitamin B complex, folic acid |
| developed from a single fertilized ovum and therefor have the same genotype, sex, and appearance | identical twins |
| not necessarily resembling each other, not the same sex, and develop from 2 separately fertilized ova | fraternal twins |
| defects that include both physical and mental problems due to alcohol | fetal alcohol syndrome |
| what are 4 hazards women should avoid in the environment | lead, mercury, smog, radiation |
| takes place at least three weeks before due date | premature birth |
| the spontaneous expulsion of a fetus occurring before the twentieth week of pregnancy | miscarriage |
| the delivery of a fetus that has died after the twentieth week of pregnancy. | stillbirth |
| results when a zygote implants not in the uterus but in the fallopian tube, abdomen, ovary, or cervix | Ectopic pregnancy |
| what are the three steps in childbirth | labor, delivery, afterbirth |
| how is the diet of a pregnant female important to the growing fetus | if you gain too little weight, the baby could be small and undeveloped. if you gain too much, it could result in an early delivery |
| inability to reproduce | sterility |
| what are the two small glands that secrete testosterone and produce sperm | testes |
| what is the external skin sac on a male reproductive organ | scrotum |
| what is the male sex hormone called | testosterone |
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