Human Reproduction Flashcards
Ejaculation
The release of semen from the penis
Gonad
An organ that produces sex cells
Primary make sex characteristics
Involve the growth of the male sex organ
Penis and testis
Secondary male characteristic
The features that distinguish makes from females apart from the sex organs
Infertility
When an organism cannot proudce new offspring
Ovulation
The release of an egg from the ovary
Menopause
When the menstrual scale stops occurring
Insemination
Is when semen is released into the vagina
Birth control
Limits the amount of children being born
Contraception
Preventing if fertilisation taking place
Implantation
is the embedding of a fertilised egg into the uterus
In vitro fertilisation IVF
The removing if an egg outside the female body and fertilising it
Morula
Solid ball of cells formed after 3 days from a zygote dividing by mitosis
Blastocyst
A hallow ball of cells formed after 5 days from a morula
Germ layers
Layers of cells in the blastocyst which forms adult tissue forms