CROSSWORD - Reproduction in Humans

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5. male reproductive hormone - stimulates the 1. lining of the womb detaches and passes out of the
production of sperm and the development of male vagina
secondary sexual characteristics 2. female hormone secreted by the ovaries
10. the foetus passing out of the mother
11. a gland is located just below the bladder in men
and surrounds the top portion of the tube that
drains urine from the bladder
12. a tube that connects a testicle to a sperm duct in
the male reproductive system; stores sperms
15. the tube through which urine leaves the body
16. releasing of an egg from the ovary
21. male sex gamete
22. joining of the nuclei of a male and female sex cell
24. links the placenta to the foetus
27. organ that joins the foetus to the mother
29. female sex organs
30. a fertilized egg, is the union of a sperm and an egg
31. tube that carries sperm from the testes
32. chemical messengers in the body. Some cause
changes at puberty.
33. contains sperm and fluid
36. a hormone produced in the ovaries and placenta
that maintains the uterus lining.
3. male sex organs
4. commonly used term for menstruation
6. contains eggs in a female
7. becoming sexually mature
8. a term that refers to the presence of two complete
sets of chromosomes in an organism's cells, with
each parent contributing a chromosome to each
pair.
9. secretes FSH and LH, a process which actually
begins before the onset of menses
13. a stage when a fertilized egg cell attach to the
uterine wall
14. the presence of a single set of chromosomes in an
organism's cells
17. contains the testes
18. tube that carries an egg from the ovary to the
uterus
19. another name for the oviduct; fetilization takes
place here
20. foetal development period from the time of
conception until birth. For human, its duration is 9
months.
23. the period following the onset of puberty during
which a young person develops from a child into
an adult.
25. a deliberate termination of pregnancy in human
26. female sex gamete
28. name given to a baby as it grows in the womb
34. protects the foetus from bumps
35. organ where the foetus develops