Chapter 17 - REPRODUCTION, GROWTH, AND DEVELOPMENT

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Across
  1. 5. the initial stage of a baby’s life (0 – 8 weeks)
  2. 6. organ allowing the baby to get nourishment from the mother without their blood actually mixing
  3. 9. the transition to physical maturity
  4. 11. helps the digestive system by producing and secreting insulin and glucagon
  5. 12. female ovaries producing estrogen in greater and greater amounts
  6. 13. 13-week stage of development in a child
  7. 15. the organs that produce gametes
Down
  1. 1. = ovaries
  2. 2. tube that connects the baby to the placenta
  3. 3. = testes
  4. 4. when the baby reaches nine weeks old until he is born
  5. 7. secrete hormones that help you out in stressful situations - adrenaline
  6. 8. the process of producing an egg
  7. 10. a single egg produced by female ovaries
  8. 14. produces hormones that control how fast your body burns food to produce energy