human reproduction
How people multiply
Human reproduction is the biological process by which humans produce offspring, involving sexual intercourse, fertilization of an egg by sperm, pregnancy, and birth.
The term appears in educational and scientific contexts: human reproduction unit in biology class, the ethics of assisted human reproduction.
It encompasses both the mechanics of conception and the broader systems—hormonal, anatomical, developmental—that enable the species to perpetuate itself.
- biological clockInnate cycle regulator
- parentingNurturing and guiding children
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
- uterusFemale reproductive organ
- parturitionAct of giving birth
conception · sperm donor · genetic counseling · due date · baby shower · water breaking · spermatogenesis · test tube baby · ovaries · embryogenesis · pregnancy test · gestation · morning sickness · baby bump · implantation · lactation · abortion laws · ovulation
- human originsHomo sapiens, hominins, hominids, Cro-Magnon, Neanderthals
- reproductionbirth, baby, egg, sperm, pregnancy
human reproductioncloning
Making identical copies
asexual reproduction · parthenogenesis · binary fission · budding · mitosis
human reproductiondeath
Cessation of life
sterility · mortality · infertility · population decline · barrenness
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