Reproductive System - female

• The monthly series of changes in the uterus that prepare it for possible pregnancy is the menstrual cycle.
• The fallopian tubes connects the placenta to the embryo. These is where fertilization starts.
• A zygote refers to the diploid cell formed when a sperm and the nuclei of an ovum fuse together.
• What is the stage in mammalian development where the major organs of an offspring are developed?

  Fetus
• Follicles are a cluster of cells that surrounds the immature egg cell and provides it with nutrients
• Ovulation is the release of one mature egg from its follicle into the oviduct.
• What are the hairlike structures that sweep the ovum into either of the two fallopian tubes?


  Cilia
• Labor is the muscle contractions during childbirth.
• A hormone that causes a girl's secondary sex characteristics is what?

  Estrogen
• The cervix is the lower portion of the uterus that opens into the vagina.
• The cervix is the entrance of the uterus
• Syphilis is a STI caused by bacterium Treponema pallidum.
• The embryo refers to the developing child during the first two months of pregnancy/
• What is the yellowish mass of follicular cells that function like an endocrine gland?

  Corpus luteum
• The stage in human development when the zygote becomes a small ball of cells (Blastocyst) and attaches itself to the wall is called implantation.
• The oviducts are also known as fallopian tubes.