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What is the process that marks the beginning of a pregnancy?
What is the process that marks the beginning of a pregnancy?
Fertilization
Where does fertilization usually take place?
Where does fertilization usually take place?
In a fallopian tube
What is the name given to the release of an egg from the ovary?
What is the name given to the release of an egg from the ovary?
Ovulation
Where does the egg go after it is released from the ovary?
Where does the egg go after it is released from the ovary?
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What happens if a sperm cell penetrates the egg?
What happens if a sperm cell penetrates the egg?
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Study Notes
Women's Reproductive Cycle
- Women are able to become pregnant from puberty to menopause.
- A pregnancy starts with fertilization, when a woman's egg joins with a man's sperm.
Fertilization and Implantation
- Fertilization usually takes place in a fallopian tube that links an ovary to the uterus.
- If the fertilized egg successfully travels down the fallopian tube and implants in the uterus, an embryo starts growing.
Egg Production and Storage
- All the eggs for a woman's lifetime are stored in her ovaries.
- Women do not continuously produce eggs, unlike men who constantly produce sperm.
Ovulation
- About once a month, an egg is released from one of a woman's two ovaries, a process called ovulation.
- The released egg then enters the nearby fallopian tube that leads to the uterus.
Conception
- If a woman and a man have unprotected sexual intercourse, sperm may reach the egg in the fallopian tube.
- If one of the sperm cells penetrates the egg, the egg is fertilized and begins developing.
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