Understanding Growth and Development

Eight steps to fertilization.The first three months of pregnancy are the most important because it’s when most of the organs develop in the fetus.Good parental care is vital for the survial of a fetus.

The Female Reproductive System:Woman's structures are mostly internal.Structures: labia, vagina, cervix, uterus, endometrium, ovum, ovary, uterine tube The Menstral cycle: 3-5 days of bleeding due to failure of implantation of fertilizied ovum

Paulina Guerrero, Abraham Galvan, Ivan Cervantes,and Abraham Andujo

Puberty the period during which adolescents reach sexual maturity and become capable of reproduction.

Endocrine System:HypothalmusPituitary GlandPineal GlandThyriod GlandParathyriod GlandsThymusAdrenal GlandsPancreasTestesOvaries

Chapter 8: Understanding Growth and Development

Parental care refers to all the medical attention a woman receives and personal actions she takes to protect the health of her unborn child during pregnancy.

Male Reproductive System: GenitaliaPenis: glans, circumcision, urethraScrotumInternal Sex structures: sperm, epididymis, ductus deferens, seminal vesicles, prostate gland, bulbourethral glandReproductive functions: Sperm and erectionCare of Male reproductive system

TwinsEndometriosisHysterectomy

Fertilization: the action or process of fertilizing an egg involving the fusion of male and female gametes to form a zygote.