Test # 6 cards 2 Word Scramble
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center of female reproductive, contain lifetime of eggs that remain dormant until puberty | Ovaries |
female sex characteristics | Estrogen |
Concerned with Pregnancy | Progesterone |
sex cells | Ovum |
after puberty, the pituitary gland secretes a hormone called this | Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) |
inside of each ovary, whereupon about 20 tiny fluid-filled sacs | Follicles |
released ovum is swept up into a nearby Fallopian Tube but the site where the ovum-ruptured | Corpus Luteum |
Corpus Luteum tells the pituitary gland to begin releasing another hormone called this | Luteinizing (LH) |
"Alerts" the uterus that an ovum has been released and that the uterus should "get prepared" for possible pregnancy | Progesterone |
mid-cycle discomfort | Mittel-Schmerz |
Pair of 3-4" long 1/2" diameter muscular tubes whose design and location are key; | Fallopian Tubes |
finger-like projections, resemble baseball gloves. Catch the released ovum | Fimbriae |
Hollow, inverted-triangular pear-shaped, muscular-walled organ about the size of a fist that lies on top of the bladder | Uterus |
interwoven muscle fibers, "nutrient" cells, and blood vessels that are larger in diameter | Endometrial Lining |
if no pregnancy occurs, this "special blood buildup" will be discarded, and such discharge is a period of mild hemorrhage | Mense |
egg travels to the uterus and begins to "bore" and implant itself inside the endometrium lining wall where it will grow as a parasite off the mother until birth | Embryo |
passes food, oxygen, and nutrients to the fetus | Placenta |
19-22" rope-like tethered-structure, supply line hose for food,blood, & oxygen | Umbilical cord |
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