A gynecologist is a physician who specializes in treating diseases of the female reproductive organs. An egg, also called an ovum or ova, is the female sex cell that combines with sperm during fertilization. Gestation refers to the period of fetal development from conception until birth, which normally lasts 9 months in humans.
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:
ï‚¢ 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.
ï‚¢ 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
ï‚¢ These days gynecology does not address all of
women's medicine but focuses on disorders of the
female reproductive organs.
ï‚¢ An obstetrician/gynecologist is thus a physician
who both delivers babies and treats diseases of the
female reproductive organs.
ï‚¢ Abbreviated commonly as OB/GYN.
6. CH 10 REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
Ovum:
ï‚¢ An egg in the ovary of the female. This egg is called
the female "gamete" or sex cell.
ï‚¢ It combines with the male gamete, called a sperm,
to form a zygote.
ï‚¢ This formation process is called "fertilization."
9. CH 10 REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
Gestation Period
ï‚¢ The period of development of the young from the
time of conception until birth. For humans the full
gestation period is normally 9 months.
ï‚¢ The word "gestation" comes from the Latin
"gestare" meaning "to carry or to bear."