Chapter 4 Vocabulary

An egg cell

• Uterus

• Ovum

• Genome

• Embryo

The organ in a woman's body in which a baby develops during pregnancy.

• Fallopian tube

• Zygote

• DNA

• Uterus

This is a tube that connects the ovary to the uterus.

• Fallopian Tube

• Sperm

• Conception

• Uterus

The male cell.

• Ovum

• Fetus

• Sperm

• Zygote

The process of the sperm fertilizing the ovum

• Infertility

• Conception

• Fetus

• Embryo

A unit that determines a human's inherited characteristics.

• Gene

• Chromosome

• Fallopian tubes

• Fetus

A person's complete blueprint

• Gene

• DNA

• Genome

• Chromosome

The baby's development during a pregnancy

• Surrogate

• Prenatal development

• Predisposition

• Fetus

How many stages are there of pregnancy?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

The first stage of pregnancy is

• Germinal Stage

• Embryonic stage

• Fetal stage