NRSG 1022 Adolescence Vocabulary

The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland

Sweat glands in the axiallae and pubic region.

Ignacio would call them "Sweeaat Glands"

Expressed feeling tones that influence a person's behavior

The onset of menses (first menstrual period)

A time of rapid growth ending with reproductive maturation

The male sex cell.

Diseases that are transmitted through sexual intercourse.

Sex with a "sex worker" or many different partners can cause serious problems. James Bond has several mutations of these, that have been know to crawl out of the petri-dish and attack lab workers. It's very tragic really.

A transitional period beginning with sexual maturity and ending with growth cessation and movement toward emotional maturity.

A time to go on a summer hike with your friends, on railroad tracks looking for a dead body.
Name that movie.

an eating disorder characterized by a series of binges followed by purging of self induced vomiting.

Many morbidly obese people suffer from "Half-Bulimia" They binge, but just don't purge.

Hormone produced by the ovary.

The plural form of ovum; female sex cells.

A female sex hormone.

How do you make a "hormone" you ask? Don't pay her.

Duh! The male gonads

The growth and maturation of the sex glands.

They grow so fast. It seems like only yesterday, they were indistinguishable from one another.

An emotional state of having conflicting, opposite feelings, such as love and hate for a person or object (or NRSG 1022 Lifespan)

Prolonged feelings of profound sadness or unworthiness.

Often caused by nursing school.

Duh! The male and female sex glands.

Really? Seriously? I need to put a definition here? If you don't know what these are, just let me know, and I will have Tyler come back and hit you in the head with a ball-pin hammer, because you are a retard!

The female sex glands or gonads.

The period following, childhood and before adolescence in which the body prepares for the changes necessary for reproduction.

The male sex hormone produced by the interstitial cells of the testes.

All the changes that play no direct role in reproduction such as the apperance of the pubic, axillary, and facial hair; an increase in activity of the sebaceous and apocrine glands; breast development; and widening of the pelvic and hip bones.

An eating disorder that is characterized by willful starvation and severe weight loss.

Yes Please!

The release of sperm and semen.

The voice box that houses the vocal cords.

Really? See Ovaries.

The male sex organ.

<Sigh>

A sac that holds the testes.

Often referred to as "tea bag"