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    Fertilisation and Pregnancy

    By
    Clare Wong Hui Ling
    SMK Batu Kawa
    13 April 2009
    30
    hours

    7 – 8 days
    Let’s Match!
    Week 1 Week 2

    Week 3
    1 Month
    Activity 4.8 (Pg. 45)
    Zygote


    one
    Consists of

    cell only.
    Embryo


    Consists of a
    ball of
    cells.
    Foetus
     Look like a
    human and
    has limbs which can
    be

    identified.
     All parts of the body are formed completely.
    Pregnancy
     How long does
    pregnancy last in a
    human?

    9 months
    Placenta

    Umbilical cord

    Foetus

    Amnion (A sac containing amniotic fluid)


    Placenta

     Implant embryo to the uterus wall


     Supply food and oxygen to the embryo
    Umbilical cord

     Connect the embryo to the placenta


     Channel food and oxygen from the mother to the
    embryo
    Urea from the embryo and antibodies from the mother
    Conclusion
    Zygote

    Embryo

    Foetus

    Baby
    Activity 4.9
    Activity 4.10

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