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VOCABULARY SKILLS

A Reproduction Crossword

ACROSS
2. sexually _________ diseases pass from an infected to an uninfected person
during sexual contact
4. an embryo after 8 weeks of development
7. special two-way exchange organ that provides nutrients and oxygen to the
fetus and removes its wastes
9. gives birth to partially-developed live young
10. an example of a monotreme
12. connects the embryo and the placenta
16. organ where the fetus develops
17. tube inside the penis that carries semen to the outside of the body
18. organism that reproduces through budding
20. organ that makes sperm and testosterone
22. a mixture of sperm and fluids
25. a cell created from the combined nuclei of the egg and sperm

DOWN
1. a tube where sperm mix with fluids from glands
3. monthly discharge of blood and uterine lining
4. tube that leads from an ovary to the uterus
5. unable to have children
6. passageway for a baby from the uterus to the outside of the body
8. when a broken-off part of the parents body develops into an offspring
10. temporary storage place for male sex cells
11. the time of life when sex organs mature
13. when a developed egg is released into the fallopian tubes
14. a skin-covered sac where the testes rest
15. female organs where eggs are produced
19. reproductive organ that transfers semen into the females body during
sexual intercourse

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A Reproduction Crossword continued

21. reproduction by combining the genetic material of two parents

23. ball of cells that must embed itself in the uterus to survive
24. produced in the seminiferous
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