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| an organ that produces or releases a chemical |
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| tiny tubes that chemicals are released into |
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| the chemical produced by an endocrine gland |
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| cells that are specialized in a way that enables them to recognize a hormone's chemical structure |
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| the part of your brain that links the nervous system and the endocrine system |
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| works with the hypothalamus to control many body activities |
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| a system that is turned off by the condition it produces |
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| the joining of an egg cell and a sperm cell |
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| the organs in which sperm are produced |
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| a hormone that controls the development of adult male characteristics |
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| the pouch of skin where the testes are located |
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| a mixture of sperm cells and fluids |
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| the organ through which both semen and urine leave the male body |
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| the female reproductive structures that produce eggs |
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| a hormone that triggers the development of some adult female characteristics |
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| the passageway where an egg travels from the ovary to the uterus |
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| a hollow, muscular organ of the female reproductive system in which a fertilized egg develops |
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| a muscular passageway leading to the outside of the female body |
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| a monthly cycle of changes that occurs in females |
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| the process in which the thickened lining of the uterus breaks down and blood and tissue then pass out of the female body through the vagina |
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| the egg is released into the Fallopian tube |
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| from the two-cell stage through the eighth week in the birth cycle |
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| form the end of the eighth week until birth |
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| a fluid filled sac that surrounds and protects the embryo and later the fetus |
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| the organ that links the developing embryo and the mother, and allows for the passage of materials between them |
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| a ropelike structure that forms between the placenta and the embryo |
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| the stage during which children start to become adults physically and mentally |
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| the period of physical sexual development that usually leads to the ability to reproduce |
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