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 * 1.- DEFINE:**
 * ZYGOTE:** IT IS THE RESULT OF THE UNION OF THE OVUM AND THE SPERMATOZOON.
 * EMBRYO:** IT IS A PHASE IN LIFE OF THE NEW BEING FROM THE MOMENT THE ZYGOTE STARTS TO DIVIDE THROUGH THE END OF THE 8th WEEK.
 * FOETUS:** UNBORN CHILD WHICH IS DEVELOPING FROM AN EMBRYO

FERTILISATION TAKES PLACES IN THE __FALLOPIAN TUBES.__ 1.- FERTILISATION IS THE UNION OF A SPERM AND A MATURE OVUM, WHICH PRODUCES A ZYGOTE. 2.-THE ZYGOTE WILL START TO DIVIDE WHILE IT TRAVELS TOWARDS THE UTERUS. THE RESULT IS THE FORMATION OF THE EMBRYO. 3.-THE EMBRYO SINKS INTO THE LINING OF THE UTERUS AND BECOMES BURIED IN IT.
 * 2.- WHERE IN THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM DOES FERTILISATION TAKE PLACE? EXPLAIN THE PROCESS.**

THE __PLACENTA__ IS AN ORGAN THAT TAKES THE NUTRIENTS AND OXYGEN THE BABY NEEDS FROM THE MOTHER´S BLOODSTREAM AND SENDS THEM TO THE BABY THROUGH THE UMBILICAL CORD. THE __UMBILICAL CORD__ IS A DUCT THAT CONNECTS THE PLACENTA TO THE EMBRYO.
 * 3.- WHAT FUNCTION DO THE PLACENTA AND UMBILICAL CORD HAVE?**


 * 4.- DESCRIBE THE STEPS OF CHILDBIRTH IN YOUR OWN WORDS**.