A brief description of gestation, ovum, and gynecologist.

1. CH 10 REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
Mikelle Almonte
BIOLOGY 120 WW2-60375

2. CH 10 REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM QUESTIONS
Question 2) A physician who specializes in the
treatment of women is called a GYNECOLOGIST.
Question 4) The time required for the development of
a fetus is called GESTATION.
Question 6) The female sex cell is an EGG, OVA,
and OVUM.

3. CH 10 REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
GYNECOLOGIST:
 Obstetrician/gynecologist: An obstetrician is a
physician who delivers babies and is in the practice
of obstetrics while a gynecologist is a physician
who specializes in treating diseases of the female
reproductive organs.
 The word "gynecology" comes from the Greek
"gyno, gynaikos" meaning woman + "logia"
meaning study, so gynecology literally is the study
of women.

4. CH 10 REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
GYNECOLOGIST
 These days gynecology does not address all of
women's medicine but focuses on disorders of the
female reproductive organs.
 An obstetrician/gynecologist is thus a physician
who both delivers babies and treats diseases of the
female reproductive organs.
 Abbreviated commonly as OB/GYN.

5. GYNECOLOGIST

6. CH 10 REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
Ovum:
 An egg in the ovary of the female. This egg is called
the female "gamete" or sex cell.
 It combines with the male gamete, called a sperm,
to form a zygote.
 This formation process is called "fertilization."

7. THEEGGOROVUM

8. THEEGGOROVUM

9. CH 10 REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
Gestation Period
 The period of development of the young from the
time of conception until birth. For humans the full
gestation period is normally 9 months.
 The word "gestation" comes from the Latin
"gestare" meaning "to carry or to bear."

10. GESTATION PERIOD

11. GESTATIONPERIOD

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