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Child Development
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12th Grade
02/18/2014

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Ovum
Definition
An egg cell.
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Uterus
Definition
Is the organ in a woman`s body in which a baby develops to expand during pregnancey.
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Fallopian Tube
Definition
Is a tube that connects the ovary to the uterus.
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Sperm
Definition
Male Cell
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Conception
Definition
Process of the sperm fertilizing the ovum
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Chromosome
Definition
Tinythreadlike structure in the nucleus of every cell.
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Gene
Definition
A unit that determines a human`s inherited characteristics
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Genome
Definition
Complete blueprint for the creation of a person
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DNA
Definition
Complex molecules that make up genes.
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Infertility
Definition
Inability to conceive a child
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Surrogate
Definition
Is a substitute
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Prenatal Development
Definition
The baby`s development during pregnancy
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Zygote
Definition
The ferilized egg
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Embryo
Definition
Is what the developling baby is called from about the third week of pregnancy throught the eight week.
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Amniotic Fluid
Definition
The liquid that surrounds and protects the developing baby in the uterus
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Placenta
Definition
Tissue that connects the developing baby to the uterus.
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Umbilical Cord
Definition
Long tube that connects the baby to placenta.
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Fetus
Definition
During this stage the developing
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Miscarriage
Definition
Developing Baby dies after the prior twentieth week of pregnancy
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Stillbirth
Definition
Baby dies after the twentieth week
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Ultrasound
Definition
Test the uses sound waves to make a video image of an unborn baby
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Amniocentesis
Definition
Withdrawing a sample of the amniotic fluid surrounding the unborn baby
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Definition
An Incurable condition found in some children of mothers who consumed alcohol during pregnancy.
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Fetal Alcohol Effects
Definition
Abnormalities cause by the mother consuming alcohol during pregnancy
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Sids
Definition
sudden intant death syndrome is the sudden unexpected death of a baby under one year of age with no clear cause
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Toxoplasmosis
Definition
An infection caused by a parasite
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