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- menstruation: the monthly flow of blood from the uterus out through the vagina
- menarche: a girl's first period
- menopause: the stage, at about 45 to 49 years, when periods stop
- follicle: an immature sac in the ovary that ripens, bursts and releases an egg
- corpus luteum: the part of the follicle left after the egg is released
- endometrium: the inner lining of the uterus
- fimbriae: the finger-like ends of the fallopian tube that catch the egg
- fertilization: the joining of a sperm and an egg
- zygote: a fertilized egg
- conception: the fertilized egg settling into the lining of the uterus
- placenta: the organ that carries nourishment from the mother to the baby
- embryo or fetus: the baby growing inside the womb