BIOs 252 Final Exam - a. sex hormones b. X and Y chromosomes c. Sexua...

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BIOs 252 Final Exam

• Which of the following is not included in a definition of biological sex?
• sex hormones
• X and Y chromosomes
• Sexual orientation
• All of the these define biological sex

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• Sexual orientation
• Which of the following was true o the women's health movement of the 60s and 700s?
• It actually began in the 1920s
• It emphasized medical self-awareness
• It sought to ban the bra which was thought to lead to the development of breast cancer
• It sought to exclude men from the medical profession, especially gynecol- ogy

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• It emphasized medical self-awareness
• In the late 1960s, which of the following represented feminist concerns about women's

health?

• Paternalistic doctor-patient relationships
• Medicalization of normal life events such as pregnancy, menopause, and menstruation
• Mental health defined in terms of social and cultural expectations of the feminine role
• All of these

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• All of these
• Before the 1990s, reasons for not including women in randomized trials of drugs included

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• Women were thought to be "little men" with respect to response to medica- tions
• Women were considered second class citizen
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• Protectionism

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• Women were considered second class citizen
• In determining sex using bones, which of the following is NOT true?
• Long bones are less accurate than cranium
• The pelvis is considered best to determine sex
• The male cranium tends to be rounder and has less obvious brow ridges
• The pelvis of any one individual may have some characteristics typical of the opposite sex

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• The male cranium tends to be rounder and has less obvious brow ridges
• The following anatomic part is softened and streteched during pregnancy to facilitate

childbirth?

• Ischial tuberosity
• Pony pelvis

• Innominate bone
• Pubic symphysis

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• Pubic symphysis
• A pile of bones is found in the woods. As a forensic pathologist, you are called in (of

course it's 3 am). You pick up the pelvis and state unequivocally that the bones belong to a male. Which of the following combinations of observations tell you this?

• Narrow subpubic angle (<90), oval shaped pelvic opening, sacrum angled back
• Narrow subpubic angle, heart-shaped pelvic opening, sacrum angled down
• Wide subpubic angle (>90), oval shaped pelvic opening, sacrum angled down
• Wide subpubic angle, heart-shaped pelvic opening, sacrum angled back

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• Narrow subpubic angle, heart-shaped pelvic opening, sacrum angled down
• Major nominal bacterial residents that produce acidic pH in the vagina during child-

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• Neisseria gonorrhoeae
• Lactobacilli
• Gardnerella vaginales
• Staphylococcus

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• Lactobacilli
• Testosterone is produced in

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• Pituitary gland
• Testes
• Prostate
• Epididymis

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• Testes
• 10. Which of the following helps sperm survive in the internal female environment by

adjusting the pH of semen and providing alkaline conditions?

• Vas deferens
• Prostate
• Seminal vesicle
• Cowper's glands

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• Prostate
• 11. Sperm are produced in the
• Interstitial cells of testes
• Seminiferous tubules of testes
• Prostate
• Epididymis

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• 12. The fate of most primary oocytes in the ovary is
• Atresia (disintegration)
• Ovulation

• Latency
• Growth

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• Atresia (disintegration)
• 13. Which of the following is true regarding early historical accounts of the uterus?
• The uterus was considered an "independent animal" capable of indepen- dent activity
• If the uterus was not fed, and fed often, with male semen, it went "wild"
• The uterus was the cause of hysteria and other mental illnesses in women
• All of these

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• All of these
• 14. Which of the following is NOT a true statement about the G-spot?
• It is also called the Graafenberg Spot, after Dr. Graafenberg who first described it
• Location is know to be the anterior part of the vagina
• There does not appear to be any hard evidence that the G-spot is a distinct

physical/anatomic entity

• It is reconstructed during vaginoplasty to enhance sexual satisfaction

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• It is reconstructed during vaginoplasty to enhance sexual satisfaction
• 15. Female genital cutting as performed in parts of Africa, Middle East, and Indonesia
• May result in scarring and infections
• Is believed by adherents to control promiscuity and enhance male sexual pleasure
• Tends to be performed by women who maintain social and cultural traditions
• All of the above are true

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• All of the above are true
• 16. Which of the following is true?
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