Pregnancy Vocabulary Crossword

the action or process of fertilizing an egg, female animal, or plant, involving the fusion of male and female gametes to form a zygote
a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes
a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring
the sampling of amniotic fluid using a hollow needle inserted into the uterus, to screen for developmental abnormalities in a fetus
sound or other vibrations having an ultrasonic frequency, particularly as used in medical imaging
an unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development, in particular a human offspring during the period from approximately the second to the eighth week after fertilization
a flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant eutherian mammals, nourishing and maintaining the fetus through the umbilical cord
the process of childbirth, especially the period from the start of uterine contractions to delivery
the placenta and fetal membranes discharged from the uterus after the birth of offspring
the action of conceiving a child or of a child being conceived
the passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another
something you receive from your parents, grandparents, or other family members
a characteristic or trait that produces a phenotype that is a result of an environmental influence
the fluid-filled sac that contains and protects a fetus in the womb
are a result of dominant alleles in chromosomes
a gene that can be masked by a dominant gene
an unborn offspring of a mammal, in particular an unborn human baby more than eight weeks after conception
a birth that takes place more than three weeks before the baby's estimated due date
the expulsion of a fetus from the womb before it is able to survive independently, especially spontaneously or as the result of accident
are features that appear during puberty in humans