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31 Cards in this Set
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Amnion
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The "jelly" surrounding the fetus as it develops
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Bladder
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The urine storage organ
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Blastocyst
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The egg when it has started to seperate into upper, middle, and lower layers
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Cervix
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A watery blockage that becomes hollow with tubes to allow sperm through once a month
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Clitoris
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A sensitive organ in the vigina passageway
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Crowning
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When the baby's head shows through the vagina opening
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Egg
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The female sex cell
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Embryo
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Term used to describe a developing human organism up until 8 weeks of pregnancy
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Estrogen
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The female development hormone
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Fallopian Tube
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The passage for the egg and sperm that connects the uterus to the ovaries
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Fertilization
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The joining of an egg and sperm
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Fetus
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The baby after two months, but before birth
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Gynecologist
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A female sex organ doctor
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Hymen
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A membrane the partially closes the opening of the vagina
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Labium Major
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A big flap of skin over the labium minus outside of the vagina
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Labium Minus
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A small flap of skin over the outside of the vagina
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Menstruation
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When the lining of the uterus sheds and leaves the body with the unfertilized egg
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Morula
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A solid ball of cells resulting from a division of a fertilized ovum, and from which a blastocyst is formed
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Ovary
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The storage for developing egg cells
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Ovulation
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When an egg is released from an ovary
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Ovum
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An unfertilized egg cell
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Pap Smear
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Given to detect cervical cancer
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Placenta
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A flattened circular organ that feeds the fetus through the umbilical cord
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Premenstrual Syndrome
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Symptoms of feeling tired, nervous, worried, or depressed just before menstruation
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Progesterone
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A hormone that prepares the uterus for pregnancy
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Pubis
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A small 'floating' bone to protect a baby during pregnancy
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Sterility
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The inability to produce children
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Umbilical Cord
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The 'string' in which a baby will receive nourishment and expel waste
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Uterus
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The housing for the baby and cause for menstruation
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Vagina
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A muscular passageway that connects the external and internal reproductive organs
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Zygote
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A fertilized egg
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