A | B |
heredity | genetic passing of traits from parent to child |
puberty | stage of sexual development when you become able to reproduce |
scrotum | saclike pouch that holds the testes and controls the temperature |
tests | male sex glands; they produce sperm and testosteron |
Adolescence | the time between childhood and adulthood |
sperm | the male reproductive cell |
uterus | organ where the baby gros and develops |
miscarriage | the ending of a pregnancy without outside help |
hormone | a chemical secretion that causes a function somewhere in the body |
ovaries | female sex glands, store the eggs and produce estrogen and progesterone |
menstruation | the sheeding of the lining of the uterus, about every 28 days |
fertlization | when the egg and sperm meet to make 1 cell |
fetus | term used for the developing baby starting in the 8th week |
breech birth | when a baby is born feet or buttocks first |
labor | when the muscles of the uterus contract and push the baby out |
first day | time the egg and sperm combine to form a single cell |
4th month | month the baby kicks it's legs and moves |
1 month | month the heart starts to beat |
8th and 9th months | months that fat cells form and the baby is born |