WHAT YOUR DOCTOR ISN’T TELLING YOU ABOUT YOUR DNA 1. What gene did doctors accidentally identify in the baby? (paragraph 1) 2. What decision was made about telling the parents? Why? 3. What decision was make about the 2 year old? Why was it different? 4. What reason is given that parents should not know about test resutls? 5. What is your reaction to this article?
ENDOCRINE & REPRODUCTION REVIEW SPRING 2016
A SYSTEM OF GLANDS THAT PRODUCES HORMONES Endocrine system
TUBE THAT CARRIES SPERM FROM THE EPIDIDYMIS TO THE URETHRA Vas deferens
CHEMICAL MESSENGERS hormones
TUBE THAT CARRIES SPERM OUTSIDE A MAN’S BODY Urethra
MUSCULAR ORGAN WHERE A BABY WILL GROW Uterus
PREPARES THE UTERUS FOR A PREGNANCY Menstrual cycle
LOCATION OF SPERM AND TESTOSTERONE PRODUCTION Testes
WHERE SPERM MATURE AND ARE STORED UNTIL EJACULATION Epididymis
GIVE A MESSAGE TO CELLS TO DIVIDE (CAUSING GROWTH) Human growth hormone (HGH)
MASTER GLAND, IN CHARGE OF OTHER GLANDS Pituitary
DAY 1 OF THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE, WHEN THE UTERUS SHEDS ITS CONTENTS Menstruation
WHEN A SPERM MEETS AN OVUM fertilization
CHEMICAL THAT CAN MIMIC A HORMONE Hormone disruptor (hormone mimics)
HORMONE THAT HELPS REGULATE BLOOD SUGAR Insulin
HORMONE IN CHARGE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE Adrenaline
WHEN AN OVUM (EGG) IS RELEASED FROM AN OVARY Ovulation
TUBES THAT CARRY THE EGG TO THE UTERUS Fallopian tubes
HORMONES THAT CONTROL OVULATION FSH and LH
GLAND THAT HELPS CONTROL METABOLISM Thyroid
OPENING TO THE UTERUS FROM THE VAGINA Cervix
ONE OR MORE CELLS THAT RELEASE HORMONES Gland
FEMALE HORMONE THAT HELPS CONTROL THE THICKNESS OF THE UTERINE LINING Estrogen
EXTERNAL OPENING OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM Vagina
MALE SEX CELL Sperm
GLAND THAT PRODUCES OVA (EGG CELLS) Ovary