Summary Chap.5 Par.

After fertilisation the zygote is transported along the oviduct to the uterus. This takes about 7
days, during this journey the zygote grows into tine ball of cells. Because of the hormones
the lining of the uterus has already thickened. Now the zygote becomes attached to the lining
of the uterus, this process is called implantation. Now it will grow into baby (37-42 weeks),
this period is called the pregnancy.

In the oviduct the zygote starts dividing into tiny clumps of cells. It gets energy from food that
already was stored in the egg cell. Now the zygote is called an embryo. In the uterus it
implants itself to the uters lining to get nutrients from the mother.
Placenta Removes was such as carbon dioxide so it can be excreted by the mother.
Due to the separate circulatory systems of the embryo and the mother, blood cannot be
exchanged between the baby and the mother. But drugs, medicines and alcohol can, and
even the virus that causes AIDS.
Umbilical cord Connection between the embryo and the placenta.
During the third week of the pregnancy two thin membranes start to develop around the
embryo (the chorion and amnion). They form a two-layered amniotic sac filled with
amniotic fluid.
Amniotic sac tasks:

 Embryo floats in here.

 Protects the embryo.
 Stores nutrients and the embryo’s waste.
After 2 months the embryo is called a foetus. For the next 7 months the embryo develops
further. In the nineth month the foetus has shifted into a position so that the head faces the
cervix.
Ultra sound A way to diagnose the foetus, by sending out sound waves that bounce of
the foetus. A computer then produces images of the foetus.