H. Child Dev. 3.02 Vocab Quiz

A woman’s egg

• sperm

• uterus

• ovum

Male cell needed for reproduction

• sperm

• ovum

• uterus

All development that occurs between conception and birth

• development

• conception

• prenatal development

A flexible cord that contains blood vessels and connects the baby to the placenta

• umbilical cord

• jump rope

• embryo

A period of about three months

• cycle

• labor

• trimester

The period during which a fertilized egg grows and develops into a human being inside the mother’s body

• pregnancy

• birth

• labor

Fertilized human egg; the zygote stage lasts from conception to two weeks

• zygote

• embryo

• fetus

The developing baby from about the third week of pregnancy through the eighth week

• zygote

• embryo

• fetus

The final stage of pregnancy from the ninth month until birth

• zygote

• embryo

• fetus

A fluid that cushions the baby against possible injury, allows the baby to move around easily, and regulates the baby’s temperature

• water

• butter milk

• amniotic fluid