PSYB64H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Secondary Sex Characteristic, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Intersex
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Week 6 june 30 th , 2015. ): argued that the sex of a child was the result of the temperature of semen at the time of conception: hot semen resulted in males, cool semen resulted in females. X chromosome: one of two copies of sex chromosomes; individuals with two x chromosomes will usually develop into females. Y chromosome: one of two copies of sex chromosomes; individuals with a y chromosome will usually develop into males. Without exposure to male hormones, all babies would be born with outwardly female physical appearance and female behavior. Gonads: the internal organs, ovaries in females and testes in males, that produce reproductive cells (eggs and sperm) and secrete sex hormones. External genitalia: the external sexual organs, including the penis and scrotum in males and the labia, clitoris, and lower third of the vagina in females. Intersex: a rare condition in which elements of both male and female development occur in the same fetus.
