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Chapter 15: The Continance of Human Lfie Flashcards

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Combination of fluid from the Cowper’s gland and Prostate Gland, along with Sperm

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Semen

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Male sex hormone (Steroid) produced in the testes

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Testosterone

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Where sperm grow to mature, and grow

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Epididymis

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Where unformed eggs are held until they are ovulated

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Ovaries

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The time in a woman’s menstrual cycle where the uterine lining is shed

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Menstruation

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The repeated division of a cell, where is divides but gets no bigger

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Cleavage

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The point when a person’s reproductive hormones begin to be produced, as they become sexually mature

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Puberty

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Two glands which add a mucus like fluid to semen which produces food for sperm

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Seminal Vesicles

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Fingers at the end of the Fallopian tube used to capture the ovulating egg

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Fimbriae

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When the egg is released from the ovary, usually during the middle of the menstrual cycle

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Ovulation

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When people’s sexual organs work correctly, yet they have issues having children

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Infertile

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When the egg attaches to the uterine wall

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Implantation

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What you call the unborn child after it has been developing for 8 weeks

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Fetus

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When people’s sexual organs do not work correctly, making them unable to have kids

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Sterile

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The painful part of having a child, has 3 phases

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Labour

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Gland in males which produces an alkaline fluid to help sperm survive in the vagina, common site of male cancer

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Prostate Gland

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The cycle by which eggs are released from the ovary, and the female body prepares for pregnancy

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Menstrual Cycle

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The leftover polar bodies after the egg undergoes mitosis, releases progesterone to help the uterine lining build

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Corpus Luteum

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Things used to prevent pregnancy

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Contraception

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Fertilized egg after it has been implanted in the uterine wall, up to the point of 8 weeks

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Embryo

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Stage of labour where the woman must wait for her cervix to dilate to the point of about 10cm

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Dilation Stage

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The process of forming and releasing milk from the breasts of a female

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Lactation

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Gland found in males which proudces an alkaline solution to help sperm survive in the vagina

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Cowper’s Gland

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Female sex hormone that is used primarily in the menstrual cycle and pregnancy (Helps build uterine lining, and keep it built)

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Progesterone

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When an egg and a sperm meet, and the sperm enters the egg

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Fertilization

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Found in eggs of animals, filled with fat, used as a food source for growing embryo

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Yolk

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Cord that connects mother and the child, full of stem cells and blood

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Umbilical Cord

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When the placenta and umbilical cord are released from the uterus

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Expulsion Stage

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When a woman stops menstruating, usually between the ages of 40 and 55

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Menopause

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Biological name for uterine lining

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Endometrium

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Another name for fallopian tube

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Oviducts

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When a woman takes hormones in the form of pills to counteract menopause

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Hormone Replacement Therapy

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Infections caused by sexual contact

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Sexually Transmitted Infections

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Causes abnormality in fetus

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Teratogen

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Mass of identical cells after zygote has undergone cleavage

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Morula

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Hallow ball of cells before embryo has reached uterus

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Blastocyst

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Inside of Blastocyst

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Inner Cell Mass

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Outer layer of cells of a blastocyst

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Trophoblast

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Three germ layers after gastrulation

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Endoderm: Inside
Mesoderm: Middle
Ectoderm: Outside

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When a doctor uses a large needle to extract amniotic fluid from the mother’s uterus

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Amnicentesis

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When a doctor scrapes cells out of the outside layer of the uterus

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Chronic Villus Sampling

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When a doctor makes an incision into a woman’s abdomen and inserts a tubular camera

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Fetoscopy

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When a doctor uses a machine to send sound waves through a woman’s uterus to create an image

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Ultrasound

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Primary layers

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Chorion (Creates placenta)
Amnion (Contains amniotic fluid)
Allantois (Collects Waste)

45
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Drug that women took in the 50’s, caused babies to be born without arms

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Thalidomide (Cured Morning Sickness)

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