Fertilization
What is conception?
This is how long the time period of pregnancy typically lasts.
What is approximately 40 weeks (280 days or 10 lunar months)?
This is the time period for the first period of pregnancy.
What is fertilization to the 15th day?
This is the time period of the 2nd period of pregnancy.
What is the beginning of the third week to the end of the third month?
This is the time period of the 3rd period of pregnancy.
What is the beginning of the fourth month to the end of the ninth month (or birth).
This term describes a mature egg cell.
What is an ovum?
These are the names of the three periods of pregnancy.
What are the zygotic, embryonic, and fetal periods?
This refers to the series of cell divisions that begins immediately after fertilization.
What is cleavage?
These are the embryonic layers.
What is the ectoderm, endoderm, and mesoderm?
This is when memory begins.
This is the time period in which fertilization typically takes place.
What is 24 to 36 hours after ovulation?
This is the point at which an interruption of pregnancy changes from an abortion or miscarriage to a premature birth. Bonus candy if you can tell us why.
What is 168 days or 24 weeks? Because prior to this time the child's organs have not yet reached the necessary functionality for survival in the external environment.
This is the mass of cells that moves down the fallopian tube.
What is the morula?
This develops into the skin, nervous system, eyes, ears, etc.
What is the ectoderm?
This is functioning even in utero and aids the child during weaning.
What is taste?
This is the location fertilization usually takes place.
What is the outer half of the fallopian tube?
1st period continued! This is the most prominent feature during cell differentiation.
What is the embryonic disk?
This is what the mass of cells are referred to after becoming embedded. Bonus candy if you can tell us what it embeds in.
This develops into the muscles, bones, circulatory system, etc.
What is the mesoderm?
These are transmitted to the child through the blood and are an important part of the human environment during pregnancy. Bonus points for why it's important.
What are endorphins and hormones from the carrier's mood and emotions?
This describes 'tropism' in the context of conception and pregnancy
The sperm cell's attraction and movement toward the egg cell.
This functions as a selective maternal-fetal barrier against transmission of microbes.
What is the placenta?
The external cells of the blastocyst form this membrane and associated protrusions once implantation occurs.
What is chorion and chorionic villi?
This develops into the internal organs such as the liver, lungs, gallbladder, digestive organs, etc.
What is the endoderm?
What is seek professional help?