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Reproduction and Development

Across
The flow of bits of uterine lining and a small amount of blood from the uterus, through the cervix, and out of the vagina is called
Male gametes
An organ of placental mammals that is composed of maternal and embryonic tissues that allows the exchange of substances between a developing individual and its mother
Secreted by the anterior pituitary and triggers the enlargement of mammary glands
Hormones that trigger development of female secondary sexual characteristics and maintain the lining of the reproductive tract
Hormone that prepares the reproductive tract for pregnancy
Scientific term for labor
Sexually reproducing animals that can produce both eggs ans sperm
Hermaphrodite that can switch from one sex to another
Male gonads
Hermaphrodite that can fertilize itself
When all the oocytes in a woman's ovaries have either been released during menstrual cycles or have disintegrated as a result of normal aging
A hollow ball of cells with a fluid-filled center
Outermost extraembryonic membrane of amniotes; major component of the placenta in placental mammals
A process by which cells self-destruct, sculpts individual digits from paddle-like extremities and shortens, then eliminates, the tail
Reproduction in which a single individual produces offspring that are genetically identical to the parent and on another
Down
The secondary oocyte and polar body are ejected into the adjacent oviduct in the process of ______
A thick fluid rich in proteins and lipids that is deposited in an egg as it forms
One of a pair of ducts in which sperm mature and are stored
Process in which a mitotic cell divisions increase the number of cells without increasing the zygote's original volume
Female gametes
Unites and egg and sperm to produce a zygote
After a blastula forms, cell divisions slow and cells undergo a structural rearrangement this process is called
Gland that contributes fluid to semen
Female gonads
Three-layered structure in animal development is called the
Middle tissue layer of the gastrula
Released from the posterior pituitary, stimulates glands to contract and force milk out through ducts
Membrane that encloses a fluid-filled amnionic cavity between the embryonic disk and teh blastocyst
An immature egg is called an
Reproduction in which meiosis and fertilization results in a unique combination of paternal and maternal alleles in each offspring