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Health Care
10th Grade
02/22/2010

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Term
Maslow's Theory (Pyramid of Fice Needs)
Definition
a) Self-actualization
b) Self-esteem
c) Love and Belonging
d) Safety
e) Physical
Term
Miscarrige
Definition
A spontaneous abortion
Term
Labia
Definition
Two protective fold of tissue that protects the baginal area.
Term
Mestrual cycle
Definition
A womens period that comes every month.
Term
Estrogen and Progesterone
Definition
Both are in a female that produce sex hormones.
Term
Testosterone
Definition
Male sex hormone
Term
Birth Act
Definition
First stage- Labor the longest stage
Second stange- Strong uterine contractions
Third Stage- The after birth and the placenta is cut from the mother.
Term
Abortion
Definition
Killing the baby to stop the pregnancy process.
Term
Semen
Definition
The fluid which the sperm is carried through. During sexual activy
Term
Gestation
Definition
The time period when offspring are developing in the womb before birth.
Term
Egg Follicle
Definition
The protective sac surrounds the egg until ovualation occurs.
Term
Personality
Definition
A complex set of characteristics that makes who you are unique.
Term
Umbilical Card
Definition
Gives the baby who is in the womb, oxygen and food.
Term
Adolescence
Definition
Your growing up into a women or a male but not yet an adult. inbetween.
Term
Fallopian Tube
Definition
Where the eggs go through to get to the uterious.
Term
Body Language
Definition
nonverbal communication through gesters, facial expressions, and behaviors. and even what your wearing sometimes.
Term
Abstinece
Definition
Not having sex til your married.
Term
Abstinece
Definition
Not having sex til your married.
Term
Impotence
Definition
chronic inability to attain or sustain an erection for the performance of a sexual act
Term
Menopause
Definition
When women go through "the change" they stop getting their period but still have the PMS attuide.
Term
Placenta
Definition
A blood rich tissue developed from an outer layer of cells from the embryo from the mother.
Term
Conception
Definition
inception of pregnancy
Term
Amniocentesis
Definition
A procedure in which a syringe is inserted through the pregnant females abdominal wall into the aminotic fluid.
Term
Birht Control Methods
Definition
Condoms, Diaphram, The pill, Gells foams. Women condom. abstinence.
Term
Prenatal Stages of Development
Definition
First Trimester-zygot to 3 months peroid of rapid cell growth and division
Second Trimester-Embryo to 6 months baby's organs start to form.
Third Trimester-To birht baby gain most of weight.
Term
Down's Syndrome
Definition
a genetic disorder, having and extra chromosome present.
Term
Fraternal Twins
Definition
a girl and boy Twin.
Term
Identical twins
Definition
Same sex twins.
Term
Erection
Definition
When the penis gets filled with blood and comes hard.
Term
Ejaculation
Definition
When the sperm comes out of the man.
Term
Nocturnal Emission
Definition
Wet dreams (men do this) when they are in puberty
Term
Epididymis
Definition
Attached to each testical and stores sperm after they are produced
Term
Uterus
Definition
Where the baby grows and develops and also when a women is not pregnant has her period there too.
Term
Seminal Vesicle
Definition
Two pouches, attached to the Vas deference that store and nourish the sperm before it leaves the body.
Term
Hymen
Definition
Tells if a woman is a virgin or not.
Term
Vagina
Definition
Where penis inserted during sexual intercourse.
Term
Scrotum
Definition
Sac that hold the testicles
Term
Prostate Gland
Definition
Gland that secretes a milky, alkaline fluid that mixes with sperm and makes the major proportion of semen.
Term
Ovaries
Definition
Where eggs are stored
Term
Ovulation
Definition
When egg comes out of overies and into the fulpian tube.
Term
Vas Deferens
Definition
Tube in which sperm passes from the epididymus to the semial vesical.
Term
Penis
Definition
located on the male and used for many things. going to the bathroom and sex.
Term
Cervix
Definition
The neck of the uterus.
Term
Urethra
Definition
The tube that leads from the bladder to the outside of the body.
Term
Cowper's Gland
Definition
a glad that supports the fluids that mix with the sperm to form semen.
Term
Testes
Definition
Two small glands that produce sperm.
Term
Clitoris
Definition
The most sensitive part on a femals vaginal area.
Term
Breech Birth
Definition
Occurs when infants feet pass through the birth canal first.
Term
Surgical Birth Control Methods
Definition
Male-Vasectomy.-Taking sperm away.
Female-Tubaligation-Tieing the Fallopian tubes together.
Term
Heredity
Definition
The process by which the traits of the parents are passed to the baby.
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