Body Systems 2 Flashcards
Fertilization takes place in the ___ ___.
Fallopian tube
The foetus develops within a sac containing ___ ___ to protect against injury.
Amniotic fluid
Oxygen and nutrients are obtained from ___ ___ through the placenta.
Maternal blood
Hey 16 weeks the foetus is covered in fine ___ ___.
Lanugo hair
Vernix eases the baby’s passage down the ___ ___.
Birth canal
Pregnancy normally lasts for two weeks from the first day of a woman’s last ___ ___.
Menstrual period
During labour, ___ ___ become stronger and more regular.
Uterine contractions
Having more than one foetus in the womb is known as a ___ ___.
Multiple pregnancy
A fully ___ ___Has an opening for about 10 cm.
Dilated Curvex
A ___ ___Is when the baby is lying had upwards before delivery.
Breech position
___ ___ allows the midwife to check the unborn baby’s heart rate before labour.
Foetal Monitoring
After the baby has been born in the midwife clamps the ___ ___ in two places.
Umbilical cord
A ___ ___Will often be placed in an incubator.
Premature baby
In the urinary system, waste is eliminated by the ___.
Kidney
A filtrate of water, ion small molecules is separated from the blood which comes from the ___.
Renal artery
A kidney consists of about 1 million units which are called ___.
Nephrons
Each nephron is a complicated structure positioned partly in the ___ and partly in the ___.
Meddler
Cortex and kidney
The glomeruli and proximal convoluted tubules are situated in the ___.
Renal cortex
The ___ is a coiled mass of capillaries which are surrounded by specialized cells.
Glowerali
Fluid leaves the ___ and passes into the ___ of the nephron.
Capillaries
Lumen
The electrolyte composition of the blood is reflected in the ___.
Urinary filtrate
Plasma proteins and blood are retained in the ___.
Capillaries
In the ___ convoluted tubule, sodium ions are pumped back into the body.
Proximal
Sugars and amino acids are absorbed from the ___ and most of the water is recovered by the end of the ___.
Filtrate
Proximal convoluted tubule
In the ___, the composition of the filtrate is hardly altered but a gradient of ___ concentration is set up.
Loop of Henle
Sodium
Water and ions are further recovered in the ___.
Distal convoluted tubule
Collecting ___ are formed by several distal convoluted tubules.
Ducts
In the collecting ducts, ions and small molecules such as urea are ___ but ___ is lost to the surroundings.
Retained
Water
___ is transported in the ureters from each kidney to the ___ where it is stored.
Urine
Bladder
When the volume of urine reaches between ___ and ___ ml a desire to void urine is felt.
200
300
Urine is conveyed from the bladder to the ___ via the ___.
Exterior
Urethra
After births secretions from this feed the baby.
Breast
A ting mass of cells which grows in the wall of the uterus.
Embryo
This produces the greatest part of the semen.
Prostate gland
One of a pair where female germ cells are produced
Ovary
The expulsion of a mature oocyte into peritoneal cavity.
Ovulation
One of a pair of tubes which carry sperm.
Vas deferens
The chamber where a new individual develops.
Uterus
The production of milk.
Lactation
Lying in the scrotum, they produce sperm.
Testes
