Human Growth & Development

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Across
  1. 6. love without limitation or quantification
  2. 7. between childhood and adulthood
  3. 10. the fluid-filled sac that contains and protects a fetus in the womb
  4. 12. process by which the zygote attaches to the uterine wall
  5. 15. the confidence that a person can control his or her own body
  6. 16. the legal process of taking a chid of other parents as one's own
  7. 17. time when a person begins to develop certain traits of adults
  8. 20. alcohol related birth defects including both physical and mental problems
  9. 21. able to make correct decisions about behavior when adults are not present to enforce rules
  10. 23. the state at which the mental and emotional capabilities of an individual are fully developed
  11. 24. disorders caused partly or completely by defects in genes
  12. 25. a thick, blood rich tissue that lines the wall of the uterus; nourishes the embryo
  13. 26. thread like structures found within the nucleus of a cell; carries code for inherited traits
Down
  1. 1. critical changes that occur in all stages of life
  2. 2. basic unit of hereditary
  3. 3. group of developing cells after 8th week of pregnancy
  4. 4. aka deoxyribonucleic acid; chemical unit that makes of chromosomes
  5. 5. the union of male sperm cell and female egg
  6. 8. feelings of sadness or loneliness associated with children leaving home and entering adulthood
  7. 9. a promise or pledge
  8. 11. a firm observance of core ethical values
  9. 13. steps that a pregnant female can take to provide for her own health and the health of her baby
  10. 14. state at which the physical body and all its organs are fully developed
  11. 18. a cluster of cells that develop between 3rd and 8th week of pregnancy
  12. 19. events that need to happen in order for a person to continue growing
  13. 22. a procedure in which a syringe is inserted through a pregnant abdominal wall to take a sample of amniotic fluid