Prenatal Development

Question 1

Female Reproductive System (7)

Answer 1

Uterus
Ovary
Vagina
Cervix
Fallopian Tube
Endometrium
Myometrium

Question 2

What is the function of the Uterus?

Answer 2

Uterus is where a fertilized egg will implant itself and grow from embryo to fetus

Question 3

What is the function of the Ovaries

Answer 3

Ovaries produce eggs for fertilization and they make the hormones estrogen and progesterone (pro-pregnancy)

Question 4

What is Endometrium?

Answer 4

layer of tissue that lines the uterus

Question 5

what does Progesterone do?

Answer 5

prepares the endometrium for pregnacy after ovulation

Question 6

When do eggs begin to develop?

Answer 6

At the start of menstration

Question 7

What is ovulation?

Answer 7

The release of the egg from the ovaries

Question 8

Corpus Luteum function?

Answer 8

to make the uterus a healthy place for a fetus to grow

Question 9

What does Corpus Luteum produce?

Answer 9

hormone called Progesterone that prepares your uterus for pregnacy

Question 10

Fertilization or Oogenesis is egg_______.

Answer 10

activation

Question 11

Rapid, Multiple rounds of cell division is called

Answer 11

Cleavage

Question 12

The typical _____ is a ball of cells

Answer 12

blastula

Question 13

The cells in the _____ rearrange themselves to form three layers of cell

Answer 13

blastula

Question 14

Name the three formations of germ layers

Answer 14

1. Endoderm
2. Mesoderm
3. Ectoderm

Question 15

Endoderm layer is the ____ layer

Answer 15

Internal (lining of internal organs)

Question 16

Mesoderm layer is the ______ layer

Answer 16

middle (bones, muscles)

Question 17

Ectoderm layer is the ______ layer

Answer 17

external (nervous system and skin)

Question 18

Neurulation is the process in which the _______ bends up and later fuses to form a hollow tube that will eventually be the ______ and ________

Answer 18

neural plate
brain and spinal cord

Question 19

What is a Blastula?

Answer 19

fertilized mass of cells that will eventually become an embryo (day 5 of fertilization)

Question 20

______ formation of tissue that will become the gut

Answer 20

Gastula

Question 21

How long is pregnacy?

Answer 21

40 weeks

Question 22

Embryonic period is the first _____ weeks

Answer 22

first 8 weeks

Question 23

Fetal period is from _____ weeks until ______.

Answer 23

from 9 weeks to birth