SUGRUE LD Notes

2. Pregnancy Growth of the fertilized egg anywhere outside of the uterus. Can be deadly for the mother and pregnancy cannot survive.
5. Very strong membrane sac that surrounds the fetus. It is broken before delivery to allow the baby to exit.
8. male productive cell
11. A disease resulting from ingesting contaminated food or cat feces. Can cause miscarriages and birth defects.
12. Hicks Contractions. Mild, irregular contractions which can occur throughout all or some of a pregnancy.
13. When a pregnant person starts to feel their baby's movement in their uterus. Happens around 16-20 weeks into pregnancy
14. labor labor that is started by chemical means
16. Rod shaped chemical compounds that carry genetic coding
17. Imaging test that uses sound waves to make pictures of organs, tissues, and other structures inside your body.

1. Trait In genetics, a trait that must be contributed by both parents in order to appear in the offspring.
3. An organ attached to the uterus that filters and transfers nutrients and oxygen to the fetus.
4. A waxy substance covering the skin of the baby at birth
6. The union of ovum (egg cell) and sperm, resulting in conception.
7. of membrane Breaking of the amniotic sac.
9. Trait In genetics, a trait that will appear in the children if one of the parents contributes it.
10. is what happens when someone's water breaks.
15. female reproductive cell