Term
| Reproductive technologies |
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Definition
are changing the ways that babies are conceived and born, and are shaping
the laws that determine parenthood and responsibility |
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Term
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Definition
| stimulate the production of hormones that affect the action of the female’s follicles.This increases the chances of conception. |
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Term
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Definition
| involves introducing sperm into the reproductive tract of the female by a method other than sexual intercourse |
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Term
| intrauterine insemination |
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Definition
| sperm is collected from the male and placed directly into the female’s uterus . |
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Term
| gamete intrafallopian transfer |
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Definition
the female’s eggs are removed from
the ovary and reinserted into the oviduct (fallopian tube) along with the
male’s sperm. |
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Definition
| means that fertilization takes place outside the female’s body in a Petri dish in a laboratory |
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Term
| Intracytoplasmic sperm injection |
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Definition
involves injecting a single sperm
into the cytoplasm of a mature healthy egg. |
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