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Life cycle
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Health Care
10th Grade
12/19/2012

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Ovaries
Definition
where the unfertilized egg is released from
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Fallopian tubes
Definition
where the unfertilized egg go from ovaries
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Zygote
Definition
After the sperm fertilizes the egg, what is it called?
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Blastocyst
Definition
What does zygote become when it turns into a hollow sphere of cells
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Implantation
Definition
What is it called when blastocyst burrows into the wall of the uterus
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Embryo
Definition
the name of the fertilized egg
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3rd month
Definition
It is called embryo until when?
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Fetus
Definition
Then embryo become what until the end of the 9 months?
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40 weeks
Definition
9 month = ____ weeks
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Morning sickness
Definition
What is the nausea expectant mothers sometimes feel called?
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Umbilical cord
Definition
What is the name of the baby's lifeline?
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Placenta
Definition
What is the "filter" for the baby, so toxins don't get to it called?
Term
3 stages
Definition
How many stages of birth are there?
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Stage 1
Definition
Which stage usually last the longest?
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Amniotic sac
Definition
What is the protective enclosure that the baby is in called?
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Amniotic fluid
Definition
What is the amniotic sac filled with?
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Keep the baby in the constant temperature. Also, where the baby is develop.
Definition
What is the amniotic fluid's main job?
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Cervix
Definition
What has to open up (dilate) for the baby to be able to be born?
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Cesarean section
Definition
Surgical removal of a baby
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Prenatal care
Definition
Care before birth
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Ultrasound/sonogram
Definition
A "picture" of the developing baby
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Amniocentesis
Definition
Removing of the fluid to test for abnormalities
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Fraternal twins
Definition
When there are 2 separate eggs fertilized by 2 separate sperm, _______ twins are born
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Identical twins
Definition
When 1 fertilized egg splits, ______ twins are formed
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Labor
Definition
The work of pushing the baby out
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Placenta
Definition
Another name for the afterbirth
Term
71 lbs. 20 in.
Definition
How big (average) is a baby in the USA?
Term
head
Definition
How is a baby born; what comes out first?
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Epidural
Definition
What is the name of the pain killer that is inserted in the back called?
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
Definition
What is the disorder of a newborn caused by the mother drinking alcohol while pregnant?
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Breech
Definition
babies with feet first
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Transverse
Definition
babies with heads first
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