Reproduction Key Words

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Four to five days after conception, the fertilised egg is made up of about 16 cells and this cell mass forms a tiny hollow ball of new tissue
Blastocyst
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The start of pregnancy - Where a male sperm and female egg join together to make a new cell, this is the start of a new baby.
Conception
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Where 23 from a male sperm and 23 from a female egg join together at conception to make a complete set of 46
Chromosomes
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The female sex cell that is released every month, it contains genes from the mother
Egg (ovum)
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The fertilised egg implants itself in the uterus wall - it develops throughout the first 7 weeks of pregnancy
Embryo
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Lining of the womb
Endometrium
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Where eggs are transported from the ovary to the uterus, where fertilisation takes place.
Fallopian Tube
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After 8 weeks the baby continues to grow and develop until the end of pregnancy
Foetus
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These help how the body works, some names of them are oestrogen, progesterone, oxytocin, prolcactin
Hormones
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The fertilised egg implants itself in the uterus wall
Implantation
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Being unable to conceive
Infertility
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Where female eggs are made
Ovary
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Whe an egg is released every month and travels slowly down the fallopian tube
Ovulation
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Releases sperm into the vagina of a female
Penis
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Thick milky white substance that contains million of sperm
Semen
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Male sex cell
Sperm
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Where the baby develops
Uterus
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Name for the fertilised egg cell created by the sperm and egg
Zygote
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Card 2

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The start of pregnancy - Where a male sperm and female egg join together to make a new cell, this is the start of a new baby.

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Conception

Card 3

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Where 23 from a male sperm and 23 from a female egg join together at conception to make a complete set of 46

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Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

The female sex cell that is released every month, it contains genes from the mother

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

The fertilised egg implants itself in the uterus wall - it develops throughout the first 7 weeks of pregnancy

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Preview of the front of card 5
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