Reproduction and Development
Across
- 2. The third and final stage of a developing baby.
- 8. The d---------t of an unborn baby takes 9 months.
- 10. A mother's use of cocaine can cause this, meaning the death of the fetus.
- 12. A human s--c--l has 23 chromosomes.
- 13. This is the ward in the hospital where babies are delivered.
- 17. If an egg is fertilized by a sperm cell, it will ------- on the wall of the uterus and develop into an embryo.
- 19. First stage of a developing baby is -----e, then an embryo, finally a fetus.
- 21. When a sperm and egg cell come together during fertilization, the fertilized egg has a full set of these.
- 22. Women usually have a baby when they are 9 months --------.
- 24. Nutrients and ------ pass from the mother's blood to the embryos blood through the placenta.
- 26. This hormone causes the growth and development of male characteristics.
- 28. The hormone that causes the growth of sexual characteristics in females.
- 30. During this, an unfertilized egg is released from the ovary and travels to the uterus.
- 32. A drug called Thalidomide caused serious ----- ------- in babies during the 50s and 60s.
- 33. This drug can cause a miscarriage.
- 34. Sperm and egg cells are formed through a process called me-----
- 36. This cycle in women is about 28 days long.
Down
- 1. Having babies.
- 3. Part of a woman's baby where a baby develops.
- 4. The 3 -------- necessary for human reproduction are: estrogen, testosterone and progesterone.
- 5. A problem is passed from parent to child through sperm or the egg.
- 6. When a baby is born dead.
- 7. steal (slang)
- 9. The menstrual cycle is controlled by the hormones estrogen and pro---------.
- 11. Hormones are chemicals that are made in small organs called ------.
- 14. ------ born to smokers are often underweight.
- 15. This is like a filter through which nutrients and oxygen pass from the mother to baby.
- 16. This from the father joins with the egg from the mother and produces a zygote.
- 18. A condition that can occur when the mother drinks alcohol while pregnant.
- 20. In 9 months, a baby develops from one cell into this with billions of cells.
- 23. Sperm from the father fertilizes this from the mother.
- 25. Another name for uterus. It rhymes with tomb.
- 27. Scientists have started to link some of these with certain problems.
- 29. A filter that allows substances to pass between the embryo and the mother.
- 31. Smoking these may cause stillbirth or the baby to be underweight.
- 35. The second stage of a developing baby.