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Parenting:Chapter 5

Chapter 5 Vocabulary

TermDefinition
Family Plannning describes a couple's commitment to making decisions regarding their reproductive. capabilities.
Sperm male sex cell that carries 23 chromosomes from the father and will unite with an egg to create a baby.
Egg female sex cell tht carries 23 chromosomes from the mother and will unite with a sperm to create a baby.
Testes two oval-shaped organs in which sperm are produced.
Egg Female sex cell tht carries 23 chromosomes from the mother and will unite with a sperm to create a baby.
Ovaries two almond-shaped organs in which a woman's eggs are made and stored.
Ovulation the process by which the ovaries release a mature egg each month.
Fallopian Tubes two tubes through which an egg travels to the uterus.
Uterus a hollow, muscular organ which holds and nourishes a fertilized egg as it develops.
Endometrium the inner lining of the uterus.
Menstruation the monthly sheddingof the extra growth of thed endometrium tht sloughs off and passes out of the uterus and through the vagina.
Chromosome threadlike structure tht carries the hereditary information of genes.
Gene the basic unit of heredity that carries all the characteristics tht will transfer from parent to child.
Genetic Couseling couseling that offers scientific information and advice about heredity.
Congential Disorders disoders a person is born with the result from heredity.
Infertility inability to concieve despite having intercourse regulary for at least one year.
Artifical Insemination Assisted reproductive technology that involved making conception more likely.
In Vitro Fertilization Assisted reproductive technology in which an egg is removed form a woman's ovary and fertilized with a man's sperm in a glass dish.
Independent Adoption adoption in which adoptive parents do not use an adoption agency.
Agency Adoption type of adoption in which adoptive parents work with a state-licensed adoption agency.
Close Adoption adoption in which no contact occurs between the birhtparents and the adoptive family.
Open Adoption adption in which there is some degree of contact between the birthparents and the adoptive family.
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