Endocrine Definitions
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- Ovulation
- The process by which a mature egg is released from the ovaries into the fallopian tubes.
- Zygote
- fertiliezed egg made by the joining of the sperm and egg.
- Menstrual Cycle
- Cycle of Changes that occurs in the famale reproductive system durring which an egg develops and the uterus prepares for the arrival of the fertilized egg.
- Fetus
- A developing human from the ninth week of production until birth.
- Egg
- Female sex cell
- Hormones
- Chemicals made by the endocrine glands that speed up/ slow down, turn on/turn off chemical activities.
- Placenta
- A membrane that becomes the link between the developing embryo or fetus and the mother.
- Sperm
- Male sex cell
- Menstruation
- Process in which the thickend lining of the uterus breaks down and blood and tissue exit the female body through the vagina.
- estrogen
- Hormone produced by the ovaries that controle the development of eggs and adult female characteristics.
- Fertilization
- Joining of the sperm and egg.
- Testosterone
- Hormone produced by the testes that controls the physical characteristics of men.
- Endocrine glands
- make and release chemical products and hormones directly into the blood stream.