Chapter 4.1

Question 1

Ovum

Answer 1

Ovum is an egg cell

Question 2

Uterus

Answer 2

The uterus is the organ in a woman’s body which a baby develops during pregnancy

Question 3

Fallopian Tube

Answer 3

Fallopian tube is a tube that connects the ovary to the uterus

Question 4

Sperm

Answer 4

The male cell

Question 5

conception

Answer 5

the process of when a sperm fertilizes the ovum

Question 6

Chromosome

Answer 6

a tiny threadlike structure in the nucleus of every cell

Question 7

Gene

Answer 7

A gene is a unit that determines a humans inherited characteristics

Question 8

Genome

Answer 8

the complete blue print for the creation of a person

Question 9

DNA

Answer 9

the complex molecules that make up genes

Question 10

Infertility

Answer 10

Infertility is the inability to conceive a child

Question 11

surrogate

Answer 11

surrogate is a substitute

Question 12

prenatal development

Answer 12

the baby’s development during a pregnancy

Question 13

zygote

Answer 13

zygote is the fertilized egg

Question 14

embryo

Answer 14

what the developing baby is called from about the third week to the eighth

Question 15

Amniotic fluid

Answer 15

the liquid that surrounds the developing baby

Question 16

placenta

Answer 16

placenta is a tissue that connects the developing baby to the uterus

Question 17

umbilical cord

Answer 17

umbilical cord is a long tube that connects the baby to the placenta

Question 18

fetus

Answer 18

the developing baby