Across |
1. | dark pigmented area found in the skin over each breast |
4. | produce ova and hormones |
7. | time period of actively giving birth |
10. | following childbirth mammary glands produce milk |
11. | descent of the baby into the pelvis |
12. | partially covers the external opening of the vagina |
13. | female sex hormone secreted by the ovarian follicles |
15. | thin yellowish secretion from the nipple that is the first "milk" |
19. | muscular, hallow,pear shaped organ |
20. | divided into 3 segments of 3 months |
21. | conveys it to a suckling infant |
23. | steroid hormone secreted by the corpus luteum that's important in the maintenance of pregnancy |
24. | marks the 1st day of the follicular phase, it's characterized by bloody fluid |
25. | outer layer of the ovary |
27. | outer layer of the uterus |
28. | time period between forceful contractions that move the fetus down into the birth canal |
29. | inner portion of the ovary |
30. | occurs every 21-40 days |