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Problem 27
List and describe the events of the menstrual cycle. Why is the menstrual cycle so important?
Problem 28
Define fertilization. Where does fertilization usually occur? Describe the process of implantation.
Problem 29
How is body functioning of a pregnant woman altered by her pregnancy?
Problem 30
What events trigger labor?
Problem 31
Delivery of the infant occurs during which stage of labor?
Problem 32
What is the indifferent stage of embryonic development?
Problem 33a
A pregnant woman in substantial pain called her doctor and explained that she was about to have her baby “right away.” The doctor asked how she had come to that conclusion. She said that her water had broken and that her husband could see the baby’s head.
(a) Was she right to believe that birth was imminent? If so, what stage of labor was she in?
Problem 33b
A pregnant woman in substantial pain called her doctor and explained that she was about to have her baby “right away.” The doctor asked how she had come to that conclusion. She said that her water had broken and that her husband could see the baby’s head.
(b) Do you think she had time to make it to the hospital 60 miles away? Why or why not?
Problem 34
Crystal had both her left ovary and her right uterine tube removed surgically at age 17 because of a cyst and a tumor in these organs. Now, at age 32, she remains healthy and is expecting her second child. How could Crystal conceive a child with just one ovary and one uterine tube, separated on opposite sides of the pelvis?
Problem 35
A sperm enters a polar body, and their nuclei fuse. Why would it be unlikely for the resulting cell to develop into a healthy embryo?