Chapter 20 Vocabulary

Prevention of an ovum’s fertilization or implantation of a fertilized ovum; birth control.

Yellow body formed from ovarian follicle after ovulation; produces progesterone.

Lining of the uterus.

Group of female sex hormones that promotes development of the uterine lining and maintains secondary sex characteristics.

Sac or cavity

Hormone produced by the anterior pituitarythat stimulate development of ova in the ovary and spermatozoa in the testes

Reproductive cell; ovum or spermatozoon.

The inability to become pregnant, or to carry a pregnancyto term.

Hormone produced by the anterior pituitary that induces ovulation and formation of the corpus luteum in females; in males, it stimulates cells in the testes to produce testosterone.

Time during which menstruation ceases.

Monthly flow of blood from the female reproductive tract.

The period of menstrual flow.

Female reproductive gland.

Release of a mature ovum from an ovarian follicle.

Female reproductive cell or gamete

Hormone produced by the corpus luteum and placenta; maintains theuterine lining for pregnancy.

Mixture of sperm  cells and secretionsfrom several glands of the male reproductive tract.

Male reproductive cell or gamete; sperm cell.

Male reproductive gland

Male sex hormone produced in the testes; promotes sperm cell developmentand maintains secondary sex characteristics.

Muscular, pear-shaped organ in the female pelvis within which the fetusdevelops during pregnancy;