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| Body lives off the nutrients arriving from the digestive system; for a few hours following a meal |
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| causes the liver to transform stored glycogen back into glucose |
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(PVN) -Iniotiates eating, though less effectively than the lateral hypothalamus, and regulates metabolic processes such as body temp, fat storage, and cellular metabolism |
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| Class of hormones responsible for a number of male characteristics and functions |
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| period when female is ovulating, sex hormone levels are high, and the animal is said to be in heat |
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| medial preoptic area (MPOA) |
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| hypothalamus is one of the more signiican brain structures involved in male and female sexual behavior |
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| sexually dimorphic nucleus (SDN) |
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located in the MPOA sexual activity depends on size |
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| in hypothalamus is important for sexual behavior in female rats |
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| behavioral characteristics associated with being m ale or female |
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| set of behaviors society considers approproate for people of a given biological sex, while gender identity is the person's subjective feeling of being male or female |
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testes and ovaries: the primary reproductive organs -in the XX develop into ovaries where the ova (Eggs) develop |
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| develop into the uterus, the fallopian tyupes and the inner vagina |
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| Mullerian inhibiting hormone |
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| defeminizes the fetus by causing the mullerian ducts to degenerate |
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| develop into seminal vesicle, which store semen, and teh vas deferns, which carry semen from the testes to the penis |
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a derivative of testosterone -masculinizes the external genitals |
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| can occur at any time in the individuals's life; they may come and go with hormonal fluctuations or be long lasting, but they are reversible |
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| Androgenn insensitivity syndrome |
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form of male pseudohermaphroditism -caused by a genetic absence of adrogen receptors, which results in insensitivity to androgen |
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| congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) |
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| which results from an enzyme defect that causes the individual's adrenal glands to produce large amounts of androgen during fetal development and after birth until the problem is treated |
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| have ambiguous internal and external organs, but their gonads are consistent with chromosomes |
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| removed penis-during infancy is rare |
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| a tendency to engage in activities usually preferred by the other sex and an atypical preference for other-sex playmates and companions while growing up |
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| Third interstitial nucleus of the anterior hypothalamus (INAH3) |
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| half the size in gay men and heterosexual women as in heterosexual men |
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| suprachiasmaic nucleus (SCN) |
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| larger in gay men that in heterosexual men and contained almost twice as many cells that secrete the hormone vasopressin |
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| larger in gay men and heterosexual women than in heterosexual men |
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