Vocabulary
When the embryo is implanted in the uterus
What is 3 trimesters?
Molecular and physical signals initiate these types of contractions in birth.
What is uterine contractions?
What is Follicle Stimulating Hormone?
What is the typical length of human pregancy?
38 weeks
The weeks of the third trimester.
What is weeks 26-Birth?
What are the immune, nervous, and gastrointestinal systems?
This is a thin layer of cells surrounding the primary oocyte.
What is the primary follicle?
When the embryo attaches to the uterus and burrows inside the uterine epithelium
What is implantation?
During this trimester the first molars form
What is the third trimester?
This is where the baby gets its first symbiotic bacteria.
What is the birth canal?
The phase that secondary oocytes are arrested in.
What is the second meiotic metaphase?
Pregnancy is determined by ______, not by fertilization
What is implantation?
During this trimester the thyroid gland develops and secretes hormones necessary for growth of newly developed organ systems
What is the first trimester?
The opening between the right and left atria that closes when the baby takes its first breath.
What is the foramen ovale?
The hormone that stimulates oocytes to complete the first meiotic prophase and become secondary oocytes.
What is Luteinizing hormone?
The dramatic change by incorporating the conceptus (refers to a pregnant female)
What is gravida?
This decreases the surface tension and prevents the alveolae of the lungs from collapsing.
What is superfactants?
The opening between the pulmonary artery and the aorta that closes when the baby takes its first breath.
What is the ductus arteriosus?
The paracrine factor released by primary oocytes which stimulates the granulosa cells to keep dividing and produce several layers to encircle oocyte.
What is GDF9?