Ovum

Birth control is to prevent pregnancy for women who are sexually active. The most infamously known birth control is the pill that women takes orally. Another birth control that is not commonly talked about in health clinics and among women is the IUD’s. Though the IUD is proven to be as effective as the pills, not all women and doctors are not being educated about this birth control. IDUs have different forms depending on what the woman need. The IUD is 99 percent effective according to…

to have the baby because she didn’t pass through menopause yet, that is the time of life when the women stop menstrual flow. This woman is still producing hormones such as estrogen and progesterone that prepares for pregnancy. Ovaries still produces ovum therefore the woman is fertile, can still have babies. This woman can use techniques and treatments available in markets that aim to enhance fertility including hormone therapy, egg donations, assisted reproduction and artificial insemination.…

when she would like to have them. They believe that abortion should be protected. Pro-life supporters argue that abortion is equivalent to murdering the unborn baby. “Catholic Church states in Declaration of Procured Abortion: ‘From the time that the ovum is fertilized, a life is begun… the life of a new human being with his own growth. It would never be made human if it were not human already’ ” (“Abortion”). They believe that abortion should be prohibited. Pro-life supporters believe that…

a. The hormone that is evident in Maria’s urine is called human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). Human chorionic gonadotropin is a glycoprotein composed of 237 amino acids (Primal Pictures). After fertilization, the egg moves through the fallopian tubes and into the uterus where it attaches to the wall of the uterus. Shortly after the implantation of the fertilized egg, the growing placenta starts to produce and release hCG into the bloodstream and urine (American Pregnancy Association). The…

The pre-embryonic period is initiated after the ovum within the female becomes fertilized, forming a zygote, and travels to the uterus for implantation. This process of transfer takes roughly a week to occur and the cells rapidly divide forming a blastocyst. The blastocyst consists of an inner cell…

Introduction In vertebrates, reproduction is primarily controlled by the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad axis. The gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons in the hypothalamus are key regulators of the hypothalamic neuroendocrine system mainly though the synthesis of GnRH (Moenter et al., 2003). The decapeptide GnRH is released from the hypothalamus in a pulsatile manner, and the amplitude and frequency of these pulses change throughout the estrous cycle (McCartney et al., 2002; Moenter et al.…

Have you ever imagined the world with an identical copy of you? If you have you know it can be a terrifying thought. Duplicating ones – self would be walking in a world of no individuality. The world would lack diversity if nobody ever had the chance to be unique. Scientists are fascinated with the idea of cloning. You may ask, what is cloning? Cloning is the production of an organism with genetic material identical to that of another organism (Seidel 1).One’s physical character and behavioral…

She was born in 1996 in Scotland as part of some experiments at The Roslin Institute. Dolly was “made” from a cell that was taken from the udder of her biological mother, which was then inserted into a sheep ovum and manipulated to create an embryo (Jesper Lassen, 2006). After that, the embryo was placed into a foster mother who carried Dolly until birth. Dolly was international news, and everyone knew about her life and, eventually, her death. However, most…

memorable situations outside of the womb; therefore, a fetus cannot have any future desires or values. Simply, a person cannot have the desire of something that they do not have any knowledge of. Moreover, he further argues that a zygote (a fertilized ovum) has the genetic code for a human, and therefore must have the same moral standing as a human. Scientifically, he is correct that the zygote contains the genetic sequences for human development, but at this point the zygote is just a group of…

Your sister is relentlessly struggling from your sexual assault. Tears are flowing down her cheek and her mascara is ruining her beautiful complexion. It appears the alcohol she consumed is wearing off. It will be a hassle, if she remembers the the next day of her rape. Even more troubling, if she reports the rape to the police or your parents. -You need to think of another solution to make her more gullible. You release your hold on Katie's arms and sat beside her. You smile pleasantly to…