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vas deferens is severed and tied off
99.6% effective |
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oviducts are cauterized or cut and tied off
99.6%, but can cause pain in the pelvic area |
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can cause heavy bleeding
99% |
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coils inserted into the uterus by a physician
can cause pelvic inflammatory disease
98% |
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oral contraceptive made of synthetic estrogens and progesterone's
-suppresses oocyte maturation and ovulation
-94%
-often corrects erratic menstrual cycles and reduces cramps, but in some women it may cause nausea and headaches |
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interfere with hormones that prevent ovulation or affect hormone levels between ovulation and implantation
-can cause nausea dizziness, abdominal pain |
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only latex condoms - protection
86% |
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| spermicidal foam or jelly |
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toxic to sperm
should be used with a condom or diaphragm
75% |
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placed over the cervix before intercourse
84% |
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avoid intercourse during a womens fertile period
not very reliable |
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not effective
pre-ejaculation fluid may contain sperm |
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rinsing the vagina with a chemical after intercourse
useless |
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| pathogens that cause STD's |
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| 1 in 4 people in the US who engage in sexual intercourse will become infected by... |
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| lutenizing hormone begins to falter |
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| embryonic cells produce chorionic gonadotropin |
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| stimulates corpus luteum to produce progesterone |
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| causes contraction of the uterus |
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| placenta begins to produce progesterone |
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| end of 3rd month of pregnancy chorionic gonadotropin begins to falter |
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| occurs in the mammary glands in the breast |
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| calcium, sugar, vitamins, and water from the blood |
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| milk is produced by removing... |
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| synthesis of enzymes required for milk production |
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| released when a newborn suckles, triggers contraction that force milk into the milk ducts |
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| produced in first three days, clear - yellow fluid - contains antibodies |
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| extensions where the neuron receives information |
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| extensions that carry signals away from neurons |
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a reversal in charge across a neurons plasma membrane
how neurons accept and pass on signals |
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| chemical synapse (synaptic cleft) |
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| a narrow cleft between the output zone of a neuron and the input zone of an adjacent cell |
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| signaling molecules that diffuse across synaptic clefts |
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| long axons of sensory neurons |
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| automatic movements made in response to stimuli |
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| connected to motor neuron in the spinal cord |
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| control center of nervous system |
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| expressway for signals between the peripheral nervous system and the brain |
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| sensory and motor neurons connect |
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| threads through the vertebral column |
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| peripheral nervous system |
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| nerves which thread through the rest of the body |
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| control movement of the head, trunk, and limbs |
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| control smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands |
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| wavelike forms of mechanical energy |
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| tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
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| external ear canal terminates with the.... |
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| transmits movements (bc of soundwaves) to three ear bones (ossicles) |
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| malleus - incus - stapes - oval window |
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| has a fluid filled channel. when the oval window moves it causes the fluid to move and displaces the round window (membrane) |
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| responds to the movement of fluid within the cochlea and transmits this information to the brain via the auditory nerve |
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| where sounds travels to get to the brain |
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| clear covering of the eye |
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| muscle that regulates the amount of light that passes into the eye - colored part |
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| a thin layer in the back of the ...... |
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| color and detailed vision |
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| cones (color & detail) are clumped in a central area |
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| scattered throughout the retina |
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| focuses on the incoming images onto photo receptors - changes with focus |
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| carries sensory input form the eye to the brain |
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| optic nerve is relaxed when... |
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| optic nerve is contracted when.... |
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| root (directly or indirectly) of most environmental problems |
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| increasing by a % (like interest in a bank) |
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| population has a carrying capacity - population limit |
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| factors that affect population growth levels and growth rate |
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| Total Fertility Rate (TFR) |
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| the average number of children that woman will have in her lifetime |
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Children in the labor force
Cost of raising & educating children
Educational & employment opportunities for women
Infant mortality rate
Availability of birth control
Religious beliefs |
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| Factors that affect birth rate |
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| Countries that have a much higher birth rate |
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| seek to lower the birth rate |
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access to birth control
give women better access to education and better paying jobs
offer economic incentives to couples |
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| types of population policies |
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I = impact
P = population
A = affluence
T = technology |
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| more than half of the worlds population lives on less than .... |
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| 85% of the worlds resources |
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| the richest 20% of the world utilizes... |
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| ____ of the worlds population survives primarily on grain |
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Agriculture
- Genetically modified foods
Increase aquaculture
Feed livestock crop residue
Find ways to distribute food more evenly |
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| Possible solutions to decline in food are..... |
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Recycle (throughput)
Decrease consumption (input) |
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| ways to decrease solid waste.... |
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| what is teh number one source of water pollution in the US? |
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motor vehicles (most pollution)
stationary sources (fuel, combustion - industrial sources) |
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| Sources of air pollution are... |
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| organisms that can interbreed with one another and produce viable offspring |
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kingdom
phylum
class
order
family
genus
species |
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| the 7 levels of classification are... |
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| variety of different species, genetic variability and the variety of ecosystems within an area |
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habitual destruction
commercial harvest
introduction of exotic species |
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| the 3 threats to species conservation are.... |
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| tolerate a wide variety of conditions and eat a variety of foods |
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| usually limited to one type of habitat, and eat only one or a few types of foods |
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| where does alabama rank in biodiversity? |
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