A&P CHAPTER 26: PREGNANCY AND DEVELOPMENT Flashcards
PRENATAL PERIOD
FERTILIZATION TO BIRTH
POSTNATAL PERIOD
BIRTH TO DEATH
GESTATION
TIME SPENT IN PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT
PREMATURE VS POSTMATURE
PRE: BEFORE 37 WEEKS
POST: BEYOND 42 WEEKS
SEQUENCE OF PREEMBRYONIC STRUCTURES
ZYGOTE
MORULA
BLASTOCYST
WHERE DOES THE ZYGOTE BIND TO
IMPLANTS IN THE ENDOMETRIUM
HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN
HCG - PRODUCED BY PLACENTA, OVERRIDING HYPOTHALAMUS TO PROMOTE CONTINUOUS SECRETION OF PROGESTERONE AND ESTROGEN
WHAT DO PREGNANCY TESTS MEASURE TO DETERMINE
HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN
WHEN IS THE EMBRYO RENAMED A FETUS
8 WEEKS
WHAT DOES THE PLACENTA DO
PROVIDE NUTRITION, OXYGEN, HORMONES, AND REMOVES WASTES
PLACENTAL LACTOGEN
STIMULATE BREAST DEVELOPMENT AND PREPARES MAMMARY GLANDS FOR MILK SECRETION
RELAXIN
STOPS UTERINE CONTRACTIONS AND RELAXES PELVIS
WHAT IS IN THE CORE OF THE UMBILICAL CORD
EMBRYONIC CONNECTIVE TISSUE CALLED WHARTON’S JELLY
ECTODERMAL CELLS PRODUCE WHAT IN FETUS
NERVOUS SYSTEM, SENSORY ORGANS, SKIN, HAIR, NAILS, MOUTH, ANUS
MESODERMAL CELLS PRODUCE WHAT IN FETUS
MUSCLE, BONE, BLOOD, LYMPHATIC VESSELS, CONNECTIVE TISSUE