Prenatal Vocabulary

Female egg cell

• Sperm
• Ovum
• Uterus

Once every 28 days when an ovum is released by one ovary

• Conception 
• Uterus
• Ovulation 

The organ in which a baby develops during pregnancy

• Uterus
• Fallopian Tube
• Zygote

Connects the ovary to the uterus 

• Uterus
• Fallopian Tube
• Zygote

Male cell

• Sperm
• Ovum
• Conception 

When a sperm penetrates and fertilizes an ovum

• prenatal development
• conception
• zygote 

The baby's development during pregnancy 

• Prenatal development 
• Embryo
• Fetus 

The name of the baby for the first 2 weeks of life

• Zygote
• Embryo
• Fetus 

What the baby is called from the 3rd week until the 8th week

• Zygote
• Embryo
• Fetus

Fluid in the sac sound the embryo that cushions and protects

• Amniotic Fluid
• Placenta
• Umbilical cord