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What is a zygote?
What is the name of a sperm cell that unites with a secondary oocyte?
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What is fertilization?
What is the union of a sperm cell and an egg?
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What is birth?
Gestation period lasts from last menstrual period until when?
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What is cesarean?
What does the "C" C-section stand for?
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What are Trauma protection, and temperature maintenance?
What 2 functions does the Aminion have?
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What is the prenatal period?
This period begins with fertilization and ends with birth.
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What is the zona pellucida?
What is the surrounding of the oocyte cell membrane called?
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What is the placenta?
Also secrete immunosupressive factors....
The L-selectin adhesion surface molecules aid in the formation of what?
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What is oxytocin?
Nerve impulses initiated to the hypothalamus signal this hormone to be released to stimulate contractions.
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What is Organogenesis?
What is the process when the primary germ layers of the embryo begin to form organs?
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What is the postnatal period?
The period beginning at birth, ending at death.
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What is conception?
What is another name for fertilization?
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What is a morula?
What is the ball of 16 or more cells called?
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What is true labor?
Rhythmic muscular contractions begin moving from the top to the bottom of the uterus.
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What is a Freckle?
What is the aggregation of permanent melanin in the skin?
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What is 38 weeks?
Normal pregnancy lasts for how many weeks?
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What are acrosin and hyaluronidase?
The two enzymes released from the acrosome of a sperm are...
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What is window of implantation?
This describes how receptive the endometrium is to implantation.
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What is Ductus Venosus?
It bypasses the liver to conduct nearly half of the umbilical vein blood directly to the inferior vena cava.
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What are Teratogens?
What are environmental factors that cause congenital malformations by interfering with prenatal growth or development?
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What is development?
The continuos process of an individual changing from one life phase to another is called what?
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What is pronuclei?
The nuclei from two sex cells is called what?
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What is a conceptus?
A fertilized egg, commonly called a zygote, is also known as a...
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What are dizygotic twins?
This occurs in 70% of twin births.
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What is a Notochord?
Aggregated mesodermal cells that form a rod is called what?
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