Question

activity 4
vocabulary
directions: after reading pages 93-101 in your textbook, match the vocabulary word to its definition.

1. ___ ovum

a. the process by which a sperm cell reaches the fallopian tube, and penetrates and fertilizes an ovum

1. ___ uterus

b. the tissue that connects the developing baby to the uterus

1. ___ fallopian tube

c. the organ in a woman’s body in which a baby develops during pregnancy

1. ___ sperm

d. fertilized egg

1. ___ conception

e. the stage of development that begins around the eighth or ninth week of pregnancy and lasts until birth

1. ___ prenatal development

f. the baby’s development during a pregnancy

1. ___ zygote

g. an egg cell

1. ___ embryo

h. liquid that surrounds and protects the developing baby in the uterus

1. ___ amniotic fluid

i. male cell needed for reproduction

1. ___ placenta

j. the tube that connects the baby to the placenta; transmits oxygen and nourishment from the mother’s blood to the baby

1. ___ umbilical cord

k. the tube that connects the ovary to the uterus

1. ___ fetus

l. the developing baby from about the third week of pregnancy through the eighth week

Explanation:

The problem requires matching reproductive and prenatal terms to their definitions based on standard biological terminology.

Answer:

1. ovum - g. an egg cell
2. uterus - c. the organ in a woman’s body in which a baby develops during pregnancy
3. Fallopian tube - k. the tube that connects the ovary to the uterus
4. sperm - i. male cell needed for reproduction
5. conception - a. the process by which a sperm cell reaches the Fallopian tube, and penetrates and fertilizes an ovum
6. prenatal development - f. the baby’s development during a pregnancy
7. zygote - d. fertilized egg
8. embryo - l. the developing baby from about the third week of pregnancy through the eighth week
9. amniotic fluid - h. liquid that surrounds and protects the developing baby in the uterus
10. placenta - b. the tissue that connects the developing baby to the uterus
11. umbilical cord - j. the tube that connects the baby to the placenta; transmits oxygen and nourishment from the mother’s blood to the baby
12. fetus - e. the stage of development that begins around the eighth or ninth week of pregnancy and lasts until birth