Fertilization | Prenatal development | Parturition (birth) | Pregnancy | Random stuff? |
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Fertilization
What is the Union of a sperm cell with an egg cell
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Maternal blood
What is amniotic fluid that is first formed from this
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Oxytocin
What hormone is released by the posterior pituitary gland to promote the contractions during labor.
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Pregnancy
What is a condition marked by a fetus growing inside the uterus
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Heterozygous
What is a person with two different alles
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Spermatozoan
The nucleus of this swells to form the male pronucleus
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Apoptosis
Another name for programmed cell death is
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First stage= displaying of cervix , second stage (expulsion) . Third stage-final stage placental birth
Stages of labor.
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Placenta previa
What is pregnancy complication marked by the placenta is implanted abnormally in the uterus, covering the uterine cervix
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Genes
What are the basic units of heredity and living organisms
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Prenatal period
What is beginning with fertilization and ending at birth
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Placentation
The placenta formation is also called this
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Gestation
What is the time spent in prenatal development
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Preeclampsia
What is pregnancy complication presents with hypertension, protein urea, and usually occurs 3rd trimester.
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Umbilical arteries
What carries deoxygenated blood from the fetus to the placenta
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Poluspermy
Fertilization is also known as
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Ductus arteriosus
Where does most of the pulmonary trunk blood enters a vessel
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Morula
What is the solid ball of 16 or more cells which occurs approx 3 days after fertilization
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Spontaneous abortion
after successful implantation in the uterus, the blastocyst is removed due to endometrium sloshing off. What is this known as
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Albinism
What is a lack of pigment in the eyes,hair and skin
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Amphimixis
What is the two pronuclei join during this to form the zygote
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Chorion
The 4th membrane
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Approx 5-12 days
What is the timeframe for "successful implantation"
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Hyaluronidase and acrosin
What are the enzymes released by sperm across that aid in penetration of the sperm head through the locate membrane
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38
Normal pregnancy last for how many weeks
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