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reproduction
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Progesterone | ;a steroid hormone released by the corpus luteum that stimulates the uterus to prepare for pregnancy |
| Estrogen | any of a group of steroid hormones which promote the development and maintenance of female characteristics of the body. |
| Ovulation | discharge of ova or ovules from the ovary. |
| Implantation | he action of implanting or state of being implanted. |
| Uterus | he organ in the lower body of a woman or female mammal where offspring are conceived and in which they gestate before birth; the womb. |
| Cervix | the narrow passage forming the lower end of the uterus. |
| Vagina | The muscular tube leading from the external genitals to the cervix of the uterus in women and most female mammals. |
| Testosterone | a steroid hormone that stimulates development of male secondary sexual characteristics, produced mainly in the testes, but also in the ovaries and adrenal cortex. |
| Fetus | an unborn offspring of a mammal, in particular an unborn human baby more than eight weeks after conception. |
| Vas deferens | the duct which conveys sperm from the testicle to the urethra. |
| Semen | the male reproductive fluid, containing spermatozoa in suspension. |
| Oviduct/Fallopian tube | narrow ducts located in the human female abdominal cavity that transport male sperm cells to the egg |
| Epididymis | a highly convoluted duct behind the testis, alongwhich sperm passes to the vas deferens. |
| Placenta | a flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant eutherian mammals, nourishing and maintaining the fetus through the umbilical cord. |
| Menopause | the ceasing of menstruation. |
| Menstruation | the process in a woman of discharging blood and other materials from the lining of the uterus at intervals of about one lunar month from puberty until menopause, except during pregnancy. |
| Cleavage | cell division, especially of a fertilized egg cell. |
| Differentiation | is the process where a cell changes from one cell type to another. |
| Gestation | the process of carrying or being carried in the womb between conception and birth. |
| Embryo; | An unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development, in particular a human offspring during the period from approximately the second to the eighth week after fertilization. |
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