Pregnancy Conception

Female sex cell; also called the egg.

• ovum

• placenta

• fetus

• fallopian tubes

Male sex cell.

• testes

• sperm

• uterus

• placenta

Male reproductive glands.

• testes

• uterus

• ovum

• fetus

Two hollow tubes that extend from the right and left sides of the uterus and have fingerlike projections that reach to each ovary.

• uterus

• testes

• fallopian tubes

• ovum

Organ in which the baby develops and is protected until birth.

• uterus

• testes

• fallopian tubes

• ovum

Medical term used to describe the unborn baby from week nine until the end of pregnancy.

• uterus

• testes

• ovum

• fetus

Female reproductive glands.

• ovaries

• umbilical cord

• testes

• uterus

Development that takes place during the period of gestation.

• ovum

• fetal

• prenatal development

• embryonic

Second stage of prenatal development, lasting six weeks.

• germinal

• embryonic

• age of viability

• fetal

Third stage of prenatal development, lasting from nine weeks after conception until birth.

• germinal

• embryonic

• fetal

• age of viability