Sexual Reproduction Vocab Flashcards
(18 cards)
Oviduct
Where fertilization occurs
Ovary
Where the progesterone, estrogen, and eggs are made inside the female.
Uterus
Where development takes place.
Placenta
What diffuses the nutrients that the embryo needs to grow and develop.
Testis
Here is where sperm and testosterone are made
Sexual Reproduction
When two organisms reproduce to create one or mor offspring.
Meiosis
How the eggs and sperm are made, dividing genetic information.
Crossover and recombination
Genetics sharing information
Gametes
The male and female reproductive systems.
Fertilization
When the sperm meets the egg and combines its genetic information.
Sequence of repro.
Meiosis to make the gametes, fertilization in the oviduct, development in the uterus, nutrients is diffused from moth to child, child goes through mitosis and differentiation, baby is born.
Zygote
Fertilized egg
Embryo
First stage of development
Fetus
Second stage of development
Menstrual cycle
When the uterin lining of a female sheds if she is not inpregnated once a month
Ovulation
When the egg the female chose is fertile
Estrogen and progesterone
Female hormones
Testosterone
Male hormones