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| the outer genital lips that surround the vaginal vestibule |
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| the inner genital lips that surround the vaginal vestibule |
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| expansion near end of vas deferens |
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| the lower erectile body in the shaft of the penis |
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| the upper two erectile bodies in the shaft of the penis |
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| two glands located exterior to the prostate that produce preejaculatory fluid; the bulbourethral glands |
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| the last section of vas deferens before it joins with the urethra |
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| the tightly coiled genital duct located on the side of each testis in which sperm are stored |
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| a gland surrounding the neck of the urinary bladder in men that produces the prostatic fluid portion of seminal fluid (25% of volume) |
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| the two accessory glands near the prostate gland that produce and secrete seminal fluid (60% of volume) |
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| the cord that suspends the testes in the scrotum |
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| a man's sex glands that produce sperm and testosterone; a man's gonads |
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| the duct from the urinary bladder to the vestibule or penis |
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| the genital duct that carries sperm from the epididymis to the inside of the man's body |
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| hormones that promote the development of male or malelike sexual structures and characterstics |
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| the chemicals produced by and released into the blood by the endocrine glands to serve as internal chemical regulators in the body |
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| an ovarian sex hormone that promotes the repair of the uterus to receive the blastocyst |
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| human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) |
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| a hormone produced by the chorion of the embryo-fetus (only present during pregnancy) |
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| the lower portion of the front of the brain from which the pituitary gland is suspended |
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| follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) |
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| the pituitary hormone that acts on the ovarian follicle in the ovary and on the sperm-producing cells of the testes |
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| a pituitary sex hormone that stimulates the production and release of ovarian hormones and ova; identical to interstitial cell stimulating hormone (ICSH) in a man |
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| the absence of menstruation |
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| a biological status, typically based on the appearance of one's genitals (male or female) |
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| a societally constructed status to which one is assigned (boy or girl) |
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| the totality of social and cultural expectaions for boys/girls, men/women, in a particular society at a particular time in history |
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| a particular society's general beliefs and norms regarding how girls and boys or women and men should be |
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| gender role socialization |
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| a lifelong process of acquiring norms of gender-appropriate behavior in a particular society; learning to be appropriately masculine or feminine |
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| the use of culture-specific clothing, markings, hairstyle, etc. to indicate one's gender |
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| our innermost psychological sense of ourselves as a girl or boy; a central component of our sense of "self" |
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| a mental organizational network that guides categorizations, behaviors, etc. in terms of gender (ie - "Boy games" "girl games") |
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| reproductive sucess for men involves the insemination of many females and this is why men seek more sexual partners than women |
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| reproductive sucess for men involves the insemination of many females and this is why men seek more sexual partners than women |
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| cognitive social learning theory |
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| children are punished for gender-role inconsistent behavior and rewarded for conisistent behavior and gender role development involves observation and modeling of same-gender adults |
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| children organize information according to cultural ideas of masculine and feminine |
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