Chapter one Introduction Background The two majors function of the ovary is the differentiation and release of female gametes (oocyte), which can then be successfully fertilised and ensure the survival of species. The ovary is also an endocrine organ that produces steroid hormones that allow the development of female secondary sexual characteristics and supports pregnancy. […]
Biological Foundations of Adult Sexual Development Christina Parker PSY/340 Biological Psychology Instructor: Rebecca Wilson June 12, 2010 Biological Foundations of Adult Sexual Development How humans develop prenatally Humans start out as a cell that is formed from the mother’s egg and the father’s sperm. The egg and sperm carry 23 single chromosomes each and when […]
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Get startedMarsupials are mammals that are defined by birthing their young prematurely and nurturing their offspring for the remainder of their developmental stage in a pouch covering the nipples (The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2018). The most notable marsupials that come to mind may be the kangaroo, wallaby, wombat, or koala, all of which are endemic […]
Approximately sixty-two percent of women in the United States use contraception. Among the sixty-two percent of women, twenty-eight percent of them use birth control pills (Jones, Mosher, & Daniels, 2012). Contraceptives, more commonly referred to as birth control, contain estrogen and progestin hormones which ultimately prevent pregnancy. These hormones avert ovulation from occurring. It also […]
The United States population is growing and since there is not way to stop or temporarily stop the population growth, there are ways to prevent the unplanned pregnancies of the teenage world. Those preventions would be birth control. Birth Control is the act of preventing pregnancy. Getting pregnant at a young age is not what […]
Should birth control be illegal in the United States? One of the most controversial topics in today’s society benefits women more than they might think. So for all those years you don’t want to be pregnant, choosing a highly effective method of contraception can also be a smart move toward a healthier future. Birth control […]
Anabolic steroids are one of, if not the most powerful performance enhancing drugs someone can put in their body. Used in proper doses they can help people suffering from AIDS and other muscle wasting diseases build muscle again. They can also help older males suffering from testosterone deficiency, and help with delayed puberty. When abused […]
There are several purposes of the human reproduction that are useful to both the male and female species. For instance, the human male is concerned with the discharge of sperm during sexual intercourse to the tract of the female reproduction system. Similarly, production, maintenance, and transportation of male reproductive cells or sperm including the semen […]
A healthy woman is born with a certain amount of eggs approximately one to two million but by the time of puberty only three hundred thousand of those eggs remain and as a woman ages, those eggs begin to decline. Once Menopause occurs a woman’s menstruation cycle ends, and ovaries stop producing eggs completely. According […]
Having a baby and becoming a parent is one of the most beautiful and life-changing events that you can experience in your life. Most couples can conceive a child within one year of trying and it is more likely to get a result during the earlier months. Some others (approximately 7%) can have a baby […]
Infertility is a serious public health issue of global dimension. Medical literature defines infertility based on clinical and demographic approaches. Infertility is ‘a disease of the reproductive system defined by the failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse.’ (Zegers-Hochschild et al.,2009). Demographers define infertility as ‘the […]
