2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
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Biological sex - ANSWER ✔✔refers to physical and genetic
characteristics that classify individual as male and female
biological sex is determined by - ANSWER ✔✔- chromosomes
- gonads (ovaries and testes)
- hormones
- reproductive anatomy
,Chromosomes - ANSWER ✔✔- structures made of DNA and proteins
found in nucleus of cells
- carry genetic information (genes) that determine traits and biological
functions
- humans typically have 46 (23 pairs)
sex chromosomes - ANSWER ✔✔XX= female
XY= Male
Gametes - ANSWER ✔✔- reproductive sex cells used in sexual
reproduction that carry half the genetic info (haploid)
- sperm and egg/ovum
female gamete (egg) - ANSWER ✔✔- large cell
- contains nutrients and cytoplasm
- supports early embryo development
male gamete (sperm) - ANSWER ✔✔- small cell
- specialized for movement
- contains minimal cytoplasm
gender - ANSWER ✔✔- social and personal identity, not biological
trait
,- it relates to how a person sees themselves and expresses themselves
biological sex - ANSWER ✔✔based on anatomy chromosomes
SRY gene - ANSWER ✔✔- located on the Y chromosome
- the switch for male development
- acts as a master switch for male sexual development of testes from
undifferentiated gonads
genotypic sex - ANSWER ✔✔- SRY Present --> testes develop -->
male
- SRY absent --> ovaries develop --> female
- determined by the presence or absence of the SRY gene, not just the
chromosome letters XX and XY
Testosterone - ANSWER ✔✔internal male reproductive structures
DHT - ANSWER ✔✔external male genitalia and masculinization
androgen insensitivity - ANSWER ✔✔- depends on androgen
receptors
- normal: male development if androgens are present
- low/absent: body can't respond to testosterone or DHT and can result
in female phenotype even in XY individuals
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, turner syndrome - ANSWER ✔✔- missing sex chromosome (45/46)
- streak/underdeveloped ovaries
- no spontaneous puberty
- impaired fertility (infertile in most cases)
- short stature
- broad chest
- webbed neck
Klinefelter syndrome - ANSWER ✔✔- 47 (XXY), extra X chromosome
- small testes
- delayed/incomplete puberty
- impaired fertility (often infertile)
- gynecomastia (enlarged breast tissue)
- reduced body and facial hair
- tall stature with long extremeties
Mixed gonadal dysgenesis - ANSWER ✔✔- 45 X/ 46 XY
- mosaicism: some cells can have one, some can have 2
- underdeveloped gonads/testes