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प्रश्न
Reproductive health refers only to healthy reproductive functions. Comment.
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उत्तर
Reproductive health refers to a total well-being in all aspects of reproduction i.e., physical, behavioural, psychological, social and physiological.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Your school has been selected by the Department of Education to organize and host an interschool seminar on “Reproductive Health – Problems and Practices”. However, many parents are reluctant to permit their wards to attend it. Their argument is that the topic is “too embarrassing.” Put forth four arguments with appropriate reasons and explanation to justify the topic to be very essential and timely.
If implementation of better techniques and new strategies are required to provide more efficient care and assistance to people, then why is there a statutory ban on amniocentesis? Write the use of this technique and give reason to justify the ban.
Do you think that reproductive health in our country has improved in the past 50 years? If yes, mention some such areas of improvement.
Name one method of contraception which also protects against sexually transmitted diseases.
What are the three types of methods used for birth control (or regulating child birth)? Give one example of each type.
What is done in the contraception method known as tubectomy?
Which method of contraception prevents fertilised egg from being implanted in the uterus?
What substances are contained in oral pills, used as contraceptives? How do they work?
What is the name of surgical method of birth control (or preventing pregnancy) which is carried out in men?
The sexually transmitted disease which is caused by bacteria is :
(a) malaria
(b) diarrhoea
(c) gonorrhoea
(d) AIDS
In the surgical method of birth control available for males, the structures A in the reproductive system are cut and ligated (tied up) at both ends. This prevents the reproductive cells B from coming out from the organs C where they are made in the male body. Since B cannot come out from the male body, they cannot fuse with cell D in the body of a female and hence pregnancy is prevented.
(a) What are structures A?
(b) What are cells B?
(c) Name the organs C.
(d) What is cell D?
(e) What is the name of this surgical procedure for birth control available to males?
In the surgical method of birth control available for human females, the structures P in the reproductive system are cut and ligated (tied up) properly at both ends. This prevents the reproductive cell Q released by an organ R from entering the structures P so that Q is not available to fuse with another reproductive cell S coming from the male reproductive system. In this way, pregnancy is prevented.
(a) What are structures P?
(b) What is cell Q?
(c) Name the organ R.
(d) What is the reproductive cell S?
(e) What is the name of this surgical method of birth control available to females?
Mention any one symptom of the diseases/disorders named above.
List four ways of preventing pregnancy. State two advantages of using such preventive methods.
What is contraception ? List three reasons for adopting contraceptive methods.
Explain one application of the following:
Amniocentesis
Name the kind of diseases/disorders and any two symptoms that are likely to occur in humans if Mutation in the gene that codes for an enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase occurs.
Why is it necessary to maintain reproductive health? Which precautions one should follow to maintain reproductive health?
What is the need for contraception?
Surgical methods of contraception prevent gamete formation.
Which one amongst the following is the first country in the world to initiate action plans and programmes at a national level to attain total reproductive health as social goal?
The technique which makes use of amniotic fluid for the detection of prenatal disorder is called as ______.
Explain how, offspring and parents of organisms reproducing sexually have the same number of chromosomes?
Reproduction is linked to stability of population of a species. Justify the statement.
Give a suitable word for the following statement.
Name of a gland which transports secretions through ducts.
Observe the chart and graph given in the figure carefully and answer the following questions.
| Age in Years |
% of full height | |
| Boys | Girls | |
| 8 | 72% | 77% |
| 9 | 75% | 81% |
| 10 | 78% | 84% |
| 11 | 81% | 88% |
| 12 | 84% | 91% |
| 13 | 88% | 95% |
| 14 | 92% | 98% |
| 15 | 95% | 99% |
| 16 | 98% | 99.5% |
| 17 | 99% | 100% |
| 18 | 100% | 100% |
- Which of the line represents the height of boys?
- Which line represents the height of girls?
- What is the difference between the pattern of increase in the height of boys and girls?
- Is this pattern true for each individual?
State one drawback of the following:
Oral contraceptive pills
Under which category of contraceptive methods, is the use of condom kept? In what way, its use is better as compared to other methods of contraception?
