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Traci's Vocabulary
Chapter 6 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Trimester | a three month period |
| Conception | the union of a sperm and a egg cell |
| zygote | single cell organism that is formed when the seperate nuclei of sperm and egg combine into one nucleus |
| prenatal development | all the developmentthat occurs between conception and birth |
| blastocyst | a hollow ball of cells that implants itself in the uterus name for a developing baby from after the zygote stage until the embryo stage |
| placenta | a special organ formed during pregnancy that functions as the interchange between the developing baby and its mother |
| umbilical cord | a flexiable cord that contains blood vessles and connetcs the placenta to the developing baby |
| amniotic fluid | fluid inside theh amniochorionic membrane that regulates the babys temperture , cushions the baby against injury and allows the baby to move around easily |
| embryo | name for developing baby from the second to the eighth weeks of pregnancy |
| fetus | the name of a developing baby from ninth week fo preganancy until birth |
| miscarriage | the natrual ending of a pregnancy before the fifth month spontaneous abortion |
| stillbirth | the natrual ending of pregnancy after fifth month spantaneous abortion |
| pregnancy-induced hypertension | a complication of pregnancy that affects a womans kidneys heart or blood circulation |
| rubella | a virus that can complicate pregnancy causing misscarriage stillbirth or congenital disorder |
| Rh factor disorder | a disorder that can return complicate preganancy |
| STDs | sexual transmitted diseses |
| AIDs | a disease that breaks down the immune system leaving th ebody vulnerable to disease that a healkty body could easily resist |
| HIV | a virus that causes AIDS |