Sexual Reproduction Flashcards
The process of making gametes in example sperm and egg
Meiosis
The process in which fertilization happens
Example: a baby human
Sexual reproduction
During the process of meiosis when genes combine
Chromosomes crossing over
Crossover and recombination
Sex cells
Sperm and eggs
Gametes
All of the processes combined into one that form a child
Sequence of reproduction
When one sperm cell fuses with one egg cell this takes place in the fallopian tube
Fertilization
Fertilized egg
When a sperm cell and an egg cell combine
Zygote
A differentiated cell
When cells start to form body parts
Embryo
A developed embryo that looks like a human
Baby starts to look like a baby in a moms stomach
Fetus
Complex interaction of hormones that prepare a uterine lining, mature and then release an egg.
Menstrual cycle
When an egg cell is released from an ovary
ovulation
Hormones produced in the ovaries
Estrogen and progesterone
Made in the testis it is a male hormone
Testosterone
Casey
Mazzarella
