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| Covering the tip of a sperm cell's nucleus that is believed to contain enzymes necessary for fertilization. |
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| ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES |
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| Medical techniques, sometimes performed in vitro, that are done to increase the chances of pregnancy. |
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| Gland located in the pelvic cavity that adds secretions to seminal fluid within the urethra. |
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| Narrow end of the uterus that projects into the vagina. |
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| Small, erectile, female organ located in the vulva; homologous to the penis. |
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| First secretion of a woman's mammary glands after she gives birth. |
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| White, fibrous tissue that replaces the regressing corpus luteum in the ovary in the latter half of pregnancy. |
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| Structure that forms from the tissues of a ruptured ovarian follicle and functions to secrete female hormones. |
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| Ejection of seminal fluid. |
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| Tube, formed by the joining of the vas deferens and the tube from the seminal vesicle, that transports sperm to the urethra. |
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| Lining of the uterus that becomes thickened and vascular during the menstrual cycle. |
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| Coiled tubules next to the testes where sperm mature and may be stored for a short time. |
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| Female sex hormone secreted by the ovaries that, along with progesterone, promotes the development and maintenance of the primary and secondary female sex characteristics. |
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| Sex organs that occur outside the body. |
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| Fingerlike extension from the uterine tube near the ovary. |
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| Structure in the ovary that produces the egg and particularly the female sex hormone estrogen. |
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| FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE |
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| Hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the development of an ovarian follicle in a female or the production of sperm cells in a male. |
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| Protrusion of an organ through an abnormal opening, such as the intestine through the abdominal wall near the scrotum (inguinal ******) or the stomach through the diaphragm (hiatal ******). |
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| HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN |
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| Hormone produced by the placenta that helps maintain pregnancy and is the basis for the pregnancy test. |
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| Attachment and penetration of the embryo to the lining (endometrium) of the uterus. |
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