QUIZ Flashcards
Menarche
First onset of menstruation
Morula
An embryo with 8 to 16 blastomeres is called a morula which continues to divide and transforms into trophoblast
Ovulation
Setting free an ovum from the ovary to the fallopian tube.
Ovum
A fertilized egg cell; term is used to refer an egg cell from ovulation to fertilization
Progesterone
The hormone of pregnancy by maintaining the endometrium. It decreases contractility of the uterus
Puberty
The stage of life at which secondary sex changes begin.
Spermatogenesis
Production and maturation of sperm cell that begins during puberty.
Oogenesis
Maturation of the ovum
Spinnbarkeit
Cervical mucus becomes thin, stretchy and copious after ovulation.
Thelarche
The beginning of breast development.
Trophoblast
Outer layer of the blastocyst forming into a placenta providing nutrients to the embryo
Vernix Caseosa
A skin covering of the fetus to serve as protection and thermoregulation.
Zygote
Term is used from fertilization to implantation as a result of fusion of the nuclei of the sperm and ovum; an implanted zygote
Adrenarche
Closure of growth plates in long bones.
Blastocyst
A cluster of dividing cells made by a fertilized egg; 5-6 days