Chapter 7 Vocab

Question 1

A couples commitment to making decisions about their reproductive capabilities. Includes decisions about the number, timing, and spacing of children born to the couple

Answer 1

Family planning

Question 2

The male cell

Answer 2

Sperm

Question 3

The female sex cell

Answer 3

Egg

Question 4

Male reproductive glands that produce sperm

Answer 4

Testes

Question 5

Long narrow tube through which sperm travel into the man’s body to the ejaculatory duct

Answer 5

Vas deferens

Question 6

A females almond shaped organs that store the immature egg cells

Answer 6

Ovaries

Question 7

Process through which one of the females ovaries usually released a mature egg about once a month

Answer 7

Ovulation

Question 8

Hollow muscular organ that holds the baby during pregnancy

Answer 8

Uterus

Question 9

Inner lining of the uterus

Answer 9

Endometrium

Question 10

Monthly discharge of the endometrium from the uterus through the vagina when fertilization does not occur

Answer 10

Menstruation

Question 11

Fertilization of a mature egg by a male sperm

Answer 11

Conception

Question 12

Narrow tubes that lie close to the ovaries and connect to the uterus

Answer 12

Fallopian tubes

Question 13

The new cell that forms when the nuclei of the sperm and egg merge into one nucleus

Answer 13

Zygote

Question 14

Threadlike structure that contains hereditary info

Answer 14

Chromosome

Question 15

Basic unit of hereditary

Answer 15

Gene

Question 16

The deliberate prevention of pregnancy or birth control

Answer 16

Contraception

Question 17

Scientific info and advice about hereditary

Answer 17

Genetic counseling

Question 18

Disorders that people are born with that result from hereditary

Answer 18

Congenital disorders

Question 19

Inability to conceive despite having intercourse regularly for at least one year

Answer 19

Infertility

Question 20

Procedure to promote conception in which a doctor places sperm containing semen directly in the upper part of a woman’s vagina or uterus

Answer 20

Artificial insemination

Question 21

Procedure to promote conception that involves removing eggs from a woman’s ovaries, fertilizing them with a man’s sperm in a dish

Answer 21

In vitro fertilization