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Intro. To Health Science -- Year Review -- Reproduction
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Amenorrhea
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Abnormal suppression or absence of menstruation
Andrology?
the branch of medicine concerned with diseases in men
Colporrhaphy?
suture (repair) of the vagina
Ectopic?
An abnormal location or position of an organ or body part, occurring congenitally or as the result of an injury
Embryo?
An organism in its early stages of development, especially before it has reached a distinctively recognizable form
Fertilization?
union of the gametes inside the body of the female
Fetus?
The term used to describe a developing human infant from approximately the third month of pregnancy until delivery
Gametes?
A reproductive cell
Gonads?
Glands that make sex hormones and reproductive cells
Gynecology?
the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the genital tract in women
Implantation?
The process by which a fertilized egg implants in the uterine lining
Ovum?
the female reproductive cell
Puberty?
period of human development during which physical growth and sexual maturation occurs
Spermatozoa?
The part of the semen that is generative—can cause fertilization of the female ovum.
Testosterone?
a potent steroid hormone secreted mainly by the testes
Benign?
no danger to health, harmless, not cancerous
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Intro. To Health Science -- Year Review -- Reproduction
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Reproduction Vocabulary
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