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ITS FEMALE ANATOMY!!!!

Important Announcements: Midterm grades. Respectful and appropriate Questions box Pre-test

Get Ready for the Best Class of Your LIFE!!!

Who are your AMAZING WOMEN? Sister-in-law Mother-in-law Mother Grandmother Best Friends

The AMAZING privilege of being a WOMAN!!! The beginning! Fetal development Anatomy Maturation Puberty Menstruation Adulthood Pregnancy and Child-birth The NEW beginning! Menopause

The Beginning! Start just the same as men Gonads become ovaries 3 month of PG will have 1,000,000 eggs

PUBERTY EVENTS Between 11-14, completed by 16 First menstrual cycle Ovaries Female sex organ Estrogen, female sex hormone

Female Secondary Sex Characteristics Increase in height Increase in perspiration Growth of underarm and pubic hair Increase in breast size

Continued… Widening of hips Increase in size of reproductive organs Beginning of menstruation Formation of mature ova

HAND OUT WORK SHEET Female Reproductive Organs

Anatomy!!!

Menstrual Cycle Triggered by hormones Four Phases of the Menstrual Cycle: The Menses Phase (Your Period) Day 1-5 The Follicular Phase (Proliferative Phase) Day 6-14 Ovulation (Egg is released) Day (roughly) The Luteal Phase (Secretory Phase) Day 15-28

Conception

Movement of the OVUM! Volunteers!!!

Pregnancy Estrogen and progesterone are produced by the placenta, no ovulation takes place Estrogen: development of milk ducts Progesterone: maintains endometrium, suppress contractions The baby receives nourishment from the placenta 40 weeks

Birth At full term baby’s head puts pressure on the cervix triggering uterine contractions Release of oxytocin 3 stages of birth Stage 1: Labor Irregular pains Cervix dilates (3-5cm) (escalating contractions) Pains irregular Stage 2: Actual Birth Intense pain, contractions Cervix dilates (8-10cm) Stage 3: Afterbirth Placenta pushed out

Menopause Average age 51, can be 41 – 55 Hormonal levels gradually decline for years Menstrual cycle less often, shorter, lighter Estrogen ceases in body, progesterone increases causing hot flashes Vaginal dryness Menopause is reached after one year of no periods Symptoms Hot flashes Irritability Fatigue Anxiety Occasionally severe emotional disturbances Increased risk for heart disease Be nice to your moms!

Still a wonderful, productive woman!!!

Who are your AMAZING WOMEN?

Male Secondary Sex Characteristics  1. Increase in height  2. Increase in perspiration  3. Growth of underarm hair  4. Growth of pubic hair

Secondary Characteristics continued…  5. Broadening of shoulders  6. Deepening of voice  7. Increase in size of reproductive organs  8. Increase in muscle mass  9. Formation of sperm

MALE REPRODUCTION!!! Main job is to PRODUCE SPERM! Vocabulary  Testes: glands that produce sperm and secrete testosterone  Scrotum: a pouch that contains the testes and regulate temperature.  Penis: male organ of reproduction, urination, and sexual pleasure.

More Vocabulary  Urethra: Small tube that runs from the bladder along the length of the penis. Urine and semen leave the body through it.  Prostate gland: This gland produces fluids that protect sperm and help sperm move through the reproductive system.

Give Handout Male Reproductive Organs

Male Health Problems Testicular/prostate cancer Prostate enlargement