Developmental Psychology Module 2 Exam
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Gametes - Answer✔an organism's reproductive cells or also referred to as sex cells.
Gametes - Answer✔an organism's reproductive cells or also referred to as sex cells.
Male gametes are called? - Answer✔sperm cell
Female gamete are called? - Answer✔ovum or egg cell
Ovum - Answer✔*largest human cell
*consist of protective membrane that surrounds it.
*it contains yolk.
*it matures and released each month.
Sperm cell - Answer✔*smallest human cell
*consist of an oval head and a whip like tail.
*it has no yolk
*they produced 300 million or more mature sperm each day.
female sex hormones - Answer✔estrogen and progesterone
male sex hormone - Answer✔androgens (testosterone)
Three stages of sex cell development in female - Answer✔Maturation, ovulation and
fertilization/conception
Two stages of sex cell development in male - Answer✔Maturation and fertilization/conception
Maturation - Answer✔sex cell must undergo cell division known as meiosis or cell reduction
division wherein the number of chromosomes is halved from 46 it becomes 23.
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Ovulation - Answer✔The process of releasing a mature ovum into the fallopian tube each
month
Fertilization or conception - Answer✔when the egg and sperm unite (usually in the fallopian
tube) to begin the formation of a baby.
Zygote - Answer✔the fertilized egg; it enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops
into an embryo.
Reproduction - Answer✔The process by which organisms produce more organisms of their own
kind.
Process of Fertilization - Answer✔1) sperm preparation,
2) sperm-egg recognition and binding,
3) sperm-egg fusion and
4) fusion of sperm and egg pronuclei and activation of the zygote.
Cilia - Answer✔fallopian tube tiny hair cells
Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH) - Answer✔helps control the menstrual cycle and the
production of eggs by the ovaries.
follicles of ovary - Answer✔A small, fluid-filled sac in the ovary that contains one immature egg.
In sexually mature woman, ovulation occurs about? - Answer✔28 days until menopause
How many mature sperm does the mature male can produced a day through ejaculating in the
semen at sexual climax? - Answer✔several hundred million sperm per day or about 1,500 per
second
Ovaries - Answer✔Glands that produce the egg cells and hormones
At birth, how many human female follicles/potential eggs are formed? - Answer✔400,000
Leutinizing Hormone (LH) - Answer✔stimulates ovulation
Corpus Luteum - Answer✔empty ovarian follicle that secretes progesterone after release of the
egg cell.
Oviducts - Answer✔Fallopian tubes where the egg travels down to the uterus.
Uterus - Answer✔Female organ of reproduction used to house the developing fetus.
Endometrium - Answer✔inner lining of the uterus
Nulliparous woman - Answer✔a woman who has never given birth
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