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| The corpora cavernosa runs where? |
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| Along the underside of the penis. |
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| Cause the ovary to release a secondary oocyte or mature ovum. |
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| What are possible side effects of taking a synthetic steroid? |
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| Decreased sperm production and increased muscle mass. |
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| Sexual reproduction leads to generations of genetically identical individuals. |
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| Secondary spermatocytes have 46 chromosomes. |
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| Breast size does not change throughout the course of a woman's life. |
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| All breast lumps including cysts, fibroadenomas, and malignant tumors are cancerous. |
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| The sole criteria for determining someone's sexual orientation is the sex of the partner that the person is engaging with sexually. |
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| Christian denominations now have very similar views on issues such as the acceptability of divorce, homosexuality, assisted reproductive technology, contraception, and abortion. |
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| Age of consent laws are the same throughout the United States. |
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| Prostatitis is a genetic condition in which the prostate develops an irregular mass that feels hard. |
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| True or False: Benign prostatic hyperplasia is usually due to a bacterial infection that causes inflammation of the prostate gland. |
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| False. Prostatitis is usually due to a bacterial infection. |
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| Who's work provided the basis for the Standards of Care for Gender ID Disorders, a protocol that outlines the typical treatment of transsexuals? |
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| What does the fluid from seminal vesicles help the sperm do in the vaginal cavity? |
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| Help the sperm survive by providing an alkaline environment. |
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| If a woman's partner was trying to stimulate the G-Spot, where do they put their finger in? |
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It is detected by a digital rectal exam and a blood test measuring prostate specific antigen.
Initial symptoms include urinary frequency and difficulty urinating.
Has similar initial symptoms to prostatitis
More commonly occurs in older men than younger men. |
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| Which cells synthesize and secrete testosterone and other androgens? |
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| Is Climacteric a stage of puberty in females? |
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| What is an example of a positive feedback mechanism of hormone regulation? |
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| Oxytocin makes the uterus contract, causing the body to move down the birth canal. |
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| Which structure secretes an alkaline fluid that also contains fructose and contributes approximately 2/3 of the volume of semen? |
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What is true about penis size?
1. The size is correlated to a man's foot.
2. The longer is it, the greater the satisfaction.
3. Circumcised penises are larger than uncircumcised.
4. Smaller flaccid penises lengthen by a greater proportion than larger do. |
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| Smaller penises lengthen more than larger ones. |
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| A feedback mechanism where the response enhances the stimulus, in women would be what? |
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| The additional release of oxytocin during birth, caused by pressure on the cervix. |
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| How do case studies help researchers? |
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| They allow them to study one or a small group of individuals, one by one in depth using variety of methods because these individuals have a physical or emotional disorder or behave in an atypical way |
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| Where are the interstitial cells of Leydig located? |
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| They are in the testes and outside the seminiferous tubules. |
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| Sperm are among the smallest cells in the body and the egg is one of the largest cells in the body. |
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| The dramatic increase in the number of social networking sites on the internet did NOT alter the view of sexuality in Western society. |
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| Studies have shown that watching sex on TV affects the age of initiation of intercourse in teens. |
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| Kinsey and his colleagues obtained their data by means of survey interviews |
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| Cancer cells lack of properly functioning cell cycle control system. |
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| About 1% of the fluid that is ejaculated from the penis is sperm. |
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| A sample in which various subgroups are represented proportionately to their incidence in the target population is called a representative sample. |
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| An oogonium has 46 chromosomes. |
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| The luteal phase begins after the follicular phase. |
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| During the Victorian period women were viewed as delicate, passive, and asexual. |
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| What is a convenience sample? |
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| a convenience sample is not random but uses a group that is convenient to use. |
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| Define Subjective Normality |
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| basing a world view on personal views and objections |
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| When identical twins are more alike than same-sex fraternal twins in a particular trait or characteristic, we can assume to some degree that |
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| it has a STRONG genetic basis. |
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| What is true about the production of gametes and meiosis? |
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| meiosis decreases the chromosome number from diploid to haploid number. |
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| What have attitudes about sex and sexuality throughout history taught us? |
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| norms for sexual behavior are always in flux. |
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| What is contained within the midpiece of sperm? |
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| the cell's organelle that converts sugars from semen into cellular energy. |
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| the component of sperm that contains hydrolytic enzymes, necessary for the breakdown of the coating that surrounds the egg, so that the sperm can penetrate into the ovum. |
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| the condition where males are born with a urethra that does not extend the full length of the penis |
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