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Demographic transition
The demographic transition model is a theoretical framework that explains the historical shift in population dynamics as a... Read More
Birth Control and Contraception
Birth Control Some religious beliefs see methods of contraception unethical while some political bodies chose birth control... Read More
Birth canal
Birth canal cavity of the uterus and vagina through which the foetus passes. Synonym: parturient... Read More
Birth of a Human Baby
Continued from the previous tutorials, Fertilization and Fetal Growth and Development.The baby soon outgrows the energy... Read More
Density dependent factor
Density-dependent factors are the limiting factors of an ecosystem that regulate population growth in a density-dependent... Read More
Positive feedback
Positive Feedback Definition Each mechanism of the body like temperature, blood pressure, and levels of specific nutrients... Read More
Biotic potential
When we look at the different forms of life, we often wonder how they have continued to exist one generation after another.... Read More
Imprinting
What does imprinting mean? Have you watched the TV cartoon show “Tom and Jerry” with an episode of a duck and its... Read More
Inbreeding
Inbreeding is a type of breeding or mating where closely related individuals with a common ancestor produce progenies with... Read More
Birth Rate
The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year.The total births... Read More
Multiparous
Definition adjective Of, denoting to, or relating to multipara, i.e. a female that has given birth to more than one viable... Read More
Population Growth and Survivorship
By: Maria Victoria GonzagaPreviously, we learned about biodiversity and endemism. Now, let's look at the... Read More
Placentalia
Definition noun (taxonomy) A subdivision of the class Mammalia characterized primarily by their fetus being carried in the... Read More
Environmental resistance
Environmental Resistance Definition Environmental resistance is such a process in which certain different elements or... Read More
Embryology
Embryology Definition Embryology is a branch of biology that deals with the topics concerning gamete formation... Read More
Human development
Definition noun The study of the chronological processes or changes that occur from fertilization to the formation of the... Read More
Density dependent limiting factor
What Is A Density-Dependent Limiting Factor? Density-dependent limiting factors are limiting factors, which, depending on... Read More
Nervous System
THE is the most complicated and highly organized of the various systems which make up the human body. It is the... Read More
Primiparous
Definition adjective Of, denoting to, or relating to primapara; having given birth to offspring first time or at one... Read More
Primiparity
Definition noun A medical term used to refer to a condition or state in which a woman is bearing a child for the first time... Read More
Carrying capacity
Carrying Capacity Definition What is carrying capacity? In biology and environmental science, the carrying capacity of a... Read More
Amniotic sac
Definition noun, plural: amniotic sacs Fluid-filled sac where the embryo or fetus is suspended in the uterus or in the of... Read More
Dizygotic twins
Definition noun Two offspring that develop from two zygotes but share a common uterine environment, and would be born at the... Read More
Metatherian mammal
Definition noun, plural: metatherian mammals Any from the group of mammals possessing choriovitelline type of placenta (as... Read More
Vellus hair
Definition noun Very fine, non-pigmented hair that covers most of the body of human and other mammals Supplement The vellus... Read More
Growth and Development of a Human Baby
Continued from the initial human reproduction of the previous page in this tutorial.Upon arrival in the uterus, the... Read More
Nulliparity
Definition noun A medical term used to refer to a condition or state in which a woman has never given birth to a child, or... Read More
Deformation
Deformation a change from the normal size or shape. Also called deformity. A deformation can be present at birth... Read More
Predisposing factors
All organisms can be born with or develop a disease at any point in their lifetime. When someone is born with a disease, it... Read More