Reproduction: Early Life Developemnt Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• differentiate: the process that cells undergo to become different
• ovulation: the process that occurs on day 14 of the menstural cycle on average
• sonographer: the person who performs the scans/ takes the images during pregnancy
• haploid: a call that contains one complete set of chromosomes
• offspring: the scientific word for a baby
• fertilisation: when the nuclei of the male and female gametes fuse to make a zygote
• gestation: the duration of pregnancy, where a fetus grows and develops until it is ready to be born.
• fetus: the unborn offspring in a mammal from 8 weeks after fertilisation until birth
• embryo : the unborn offspring in early-stage development up to 8 weeks
• diploid: a cell that contains 2 complete sets of chromosomes
• stem cells: unspecialised cell that has the ability to become any type of cell
• nuclei: the plural for nucleus
• gametes: a sex cell
• specialised cells: cells that have differentiated to become a specific type of cell
• ultrasound: a scan used to make images of the fetus
• blastocyst : early stage in mammalian development, from day 5 (around 100 cells) to development of the amnion (amniotic sac) at round day 10