Reproduction Flashcards

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Stamen

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The Stamen is a male reproductive organ of a flower. It produces the pollen. The stamen has two parts: anther and stalk.

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Anther

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The part of a stamen that contains the pollen.

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Pollen Tube cell

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A hollow tube which develops from a pollen grain when deposited on the stigma of a flower. It penetrates the style and conveys the male gametes to the ovule.

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Filamento

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A string like thing that holds the pollen on the top of it

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Carpel

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The female reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of an ovary, a stigma, and usually a style. It may occur singly or as one of a group.

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Style

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It is a long, slender stalk that connects the stigma and the ovary. The stigma is at the top of the style and is a sticky platform where pollen is deposited.

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Ovars

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Inside the ovary is an ovule that, when fertilized, will develop into a seed.

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Adolescence

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The period following the onset of puberty during which a young person develops from a child into an adult.

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Puberty

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Puberty is the process of physical changes through which a child’s body matures into an adult body capable of sexual reproduction

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Pituitary Gland

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The pituitary gland is a tiny organ, the size of a pea, found at the base of the brain. It produces many hormones that travel throughout the body,

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Hormones

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A hormone is any member of a class of signaling molecules produced by glands in multicellular organisms

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Oestrogen

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Estrogen, or oestrogen, is the primary female sex hormone.

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Menstruation

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The process in a woman of discharging blood and other material from the lining of the uterus at intervals of about one lunar month from puberty until the menopause, except during pregnancy

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Endometrium

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The mucous membrane lining the uterus, which thickens during the menstrual cycle in preparation for possible implantation of an embryo.

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Ovulation

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Discharge of ova or ovules from the ovary.

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Testosterone

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A steroid hormone that stimulates development of male secondary sexual characteristics, produced mainly in the testes, but also in the ovaries and adrenal cortex.

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Erection

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An enlarged and rigid state of the penis, typically in sexual excitement.

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Ejaculation

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The action of ejecting semen from the body.

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Wet Dream

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An erotic dream that causes involuntary ejaculation of semen.

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Fertelisation

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The action or process of fertilizing an egg or a female animal or plant, involving the fusion of male and female gametes to form a zygote.

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Pregnancy

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The condition or period of being pregnant.

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Sexual Intercouse

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Sexual contact between individuals involving penetration, especially the insertion of a man’s erect penis into a woman’s vagina, typically culminating in orgasm and the ejaculation of semen.

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Zygote

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A diploid cell resulting from the fusion of two haploid gametes; a fertilized ovum.

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Embryo

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An unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development, in particular a human offspring during the period from approximately the second to the eighth week after fertilization

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Womb

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The organ in the lower body of a woman or female mammal where offspring are conceived and in which they gestate before birth; the uterus.

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Gestation

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The process or period of developing inside the womb between conception and birth.

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Conception

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After Fertilization = when zygote is formed

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Placenta

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A flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant eutherian mammals, nourishing and maintaining the fetus through the umbilical cord.