Hormones
What hormone activates an emergency mode for your body?
epinephrine
What gland secretes hormones that regulate glucose in the bloodstream?
Pancreas
Testes produce gametes continuously, but ovaries release an ovum________________.
once a month
What is the organ where a fertilized ovum will develop into a baby?
Uterus
Pregnancy lasts about how many weeks?
40 weeks
What hormone is produced in the ovaries?
Estrogen
What gland produces epinephrine?
adrenal gland
What chromosomes to mothers and fathers pass to their offspring?
Mothers pass only X chromosomes (XX)
Fathers pass X and Y (XY)
The tube connecting the ovary to the uterus where fertilization takes place
Fallopian Tubes
A person's teen years are known as
adolescence
What hormone is produced in the testes?
Testosterone
What gland secretes a variety of hormones to control bodily processes?
pituitary gland
Three facts about the occurrence of fertilization.
occurs in the tube connecting the ovary to the uterus
occurs when an egg and sperm come together
occurs within a few days of ovulation
What produces sperm and egg
testes and ovaries
What life stage is when body proportions begin to change?
childhood
Allows your body to absorb glucose
Insulin
What gland links the nervous system to the endocrine system and controls the other endocrine glands?
hypothalamus
What is the correct chronological order of events of the reproductive system?
ovulation
fertilization
implantation
What develops when a baby attaches to its mother?
Placenta
About how long does each trimester last?
thirteen weeks
What are three facts about hormones?
They are chemical messengers.
They are transported to the cells and tissues they affect.
They have slower, longer-lasting effects than nerve impulses do.
What is produced by the pituitary gland?
growth hormone
The removal of the inside layer of the uterus occurs during
menstruation
The embryo is attached to the placenta by the
What does this give to the developing fetus?
-Umbilical cord
- It acts as a conduit for nutrients, oxygen, and waste products between the mother and the developing fetus.
What is the difference between an zygote, an embryo and a fetus?
A zygote is a fertilized and dividing cell, an embryo is a developing baby from about 2-8 weeks gestation until, after that time, the baby is called a fetus.