Exam 3: Reproduction, Heredity, and Prenatal Development Reproduction

The fallopian tube is also called the:

Veronica and Selma are in a committed relationship and would like to have a child. They discuss the options with their physician who suggests a procedure whereby some of Selma's ova will be retrieved and combined with donor sperm in a laboratory. The doctor explains that the embryos will develop for a few days in a special culture in a test tube and will then be placed into Selma's uterus for implantation. What procedure is the doctor discussing with Mary and Selma?

The female sex hormones are:

Since learning that her friend Mirelle is pregnant, Karen has stopped serving her all of the following EXCEPT:

Marshall is concerned that at age 17 he has not yet reached puberty. His doctor suspects low levels of:

An allele is:

The best description of proximodistal development is that it:

The process by which the fetus gestates in an environment external to the mother is called:

After a female reaches puberty the ovaries produce:

The best description of cephalocaudal development is that it:

The Human Genome Project:

When both alleles from the parents are the same it is referred to as a:

Reproductive cells (sperm and ova) are known as:

The developing organism from the time the blastocyst implants itself in the uterine wall until it becomes a recognizable fetus is called a(n):

Stem cells:

The function of the prostate gland is to:

The actual genetic makeup of an organism is called the:

The union of sperm and ovum is called:

12-year-old Marla is expecting a new baby brother. Marla's mother shows her pictures depicting the stages of prenatal development. One of the pictures looks like a pear-shaped organism with a knobby head. Which stage of development does the picture represent?

Some key concerns regarding in vitro fertilization procedures include all of the following EXCEPT: