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Fetal Growth and Development Flashcards

0
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Menstrual age is usually __ weeks before ovulation and fertilization

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2 weeks

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This is the elapsed time since the first day of the LMP

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Menstrual age or Gestational age

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Menstrual age is nearly __ weeks before implantation of the blastocyst

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3 weeks

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3
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The number of days and calendar month duration of mestrual age

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280 days

9 1/2 months

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4
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This starts 3 weeks after ovulation

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Embryonic period

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5
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Positive pregnancy test

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3 weeks after ovulation

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6
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Embryonic disc is well defined, the body stalk is differentiated

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3 weeks after ovulation

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7
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Chorionic sac is approximately 1 cm

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3 weeks after ovulation

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8
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There is a true intervillous space that contains maternal blood

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3 weeks after ovulation

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9
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Villous core in which angioplasties chorionic mesoderm can be distinguished

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3rd week after ovulation

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10
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Chorionic sac is 2 to 3 cm in diameter

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4th week after ovulation

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11
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Embryo is about 4 to 5 mm in length

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4th week after ovulation

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12
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Partitioning of the primitive heart begins

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4th week after ovulation

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13
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Arm and leg buds are present

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4th week after ovulation

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14
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Amnion begins to unsheathe the body stalk which becomes the umbilical cord

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4th week after ovulation

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15
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The embryo is 22 to 24 mm in length

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6th week after fertilization

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16
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Head is quite large compared to the trunk

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6th week after fertilization

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17
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Heart is completely formed

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6th week after fertilization

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18
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Fingers and toes are present

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6th week after fertilization

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19
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Arms bend at the elbow

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6th week after fertilization

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20
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Upper lips is complete

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6th week after ovulation

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21
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External ears from definitive elevations on either side of the head

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6th week after fertilization

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22
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This occurs 8 weeks after fertilization or 10 weeks after the onset of the last menstrual period

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Fetal period

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23
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The embryo fetus is nearly 4cm long

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Fetal period

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24
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The major portion of lung development is yet to occur

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Fetal period

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25
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The crown rump length of the fetus is 6 to 7 cm

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12 gestational weeks

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26
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Centers of ossification have appeared in most of the fetal bones, and the fingers and toes are differentiated

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12 gestational weeks

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27
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Skin and nails have developed and scattered rudiments of hair appear

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12 gestational weeks

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28
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The external genitalia are beginning to show definitive signs of male or female gender

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12 gestational weeks

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29
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The fetus begins to make spontaneous movements

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12 gestational weeks

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30
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The crown rump length of the fetus is 12 cm

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16 gestational weeks

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31
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What is the weight of the fetus in a 16 gestational week

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110 grams

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32
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The gender can be correctly determined by experienced observer by inspection of the external genitalia by ___

33
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The fetus now weights somewhat more than 300 grams

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20 gestational weeks

34
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Weight begins to increase in a linear manner

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20 gestational weeks

35
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The fetal skin has become less transparent, a downy lanugo covers the entire body, and some scalp hair has developed

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20 gestational weeks

36
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The fetus weighs around 630 grams

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24 gestational weeks

37
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The skin is characteristically wrinkled and fat deposition begins

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24 gestational weeks

38
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The head is STILL comparatively large and eyebrow and eyelashes are usually recognizable

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24 gestational weeks

39
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The canalicular period of lung development occurs during which bronchi and bronchioles, enlarge and alveolar ducts develops

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24 gestational weeks

40
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Canalicular period is nearly completed by the ___

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28 gestational weeks

41
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Crown rump length of about 25 cm

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28 gestational weeks

42
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The fetus weighs around 1100 grams

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28 gestational weeks

43
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And infant born at this time moves limbs energetically

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28 gestational weeks

44
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Cries weakly

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28 gestational weeks

45
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The otherwise normal infant of the age has a 90% chance of survival without physical or neurological impairment

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28 gestational weeks

46
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Crown rump length of about 28 cm

A

32 gestational weeks

47
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The weight of the fetus is about 1800 grams

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32 gestational weeks

48
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The skin surface is still red and wrinkled

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32 gestational weeks

49
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Infants born at this period also usually survive intact

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32 gestational weeks

50
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The crown rump length of the fetus is about 32 cm

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36 gestational weeks

51
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The weight of the fetus is about 2500 grams

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36 gestational weeks

52
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Deposition of subcutaneous fat, the body has become more rotund

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36 gestational weeks

53
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Infants born at this time have an excellent chance of survival with proper care

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36 gestational weeks

54
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Fetus is fully developed

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40 gestational weeks

55
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Crown rump length of the fetus at term is about 36 cm

A

40 gestational weeks

56
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The fetus weight is approximately 3400 gram

A

40 gestational weeks

57
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Sutures between two frontal bones

58
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Suture between two parietal bones

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Sagittarius

59
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Between frontal and parietal bones

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Coronal sutures

60
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Between posterior margins of the parietal bones and upper margin of the occipital bone

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Lambdoid suture

61
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Where several sutures meet, an irregular space forms which is enclosed by a membrane

62
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Is a lozenge-shaped space situated at the junction of the Sagittarius and the coronal sutures

A

Greater or Anterior fontanel

63
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Small triangular area at the intersection of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures

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Lesser or posterior fontanel

64
Q 
Give the measurement of the following:
Biparietal:
Bitemporal:
Occipitomental:
Suboccipitobregmatic:
Occipitofrontal:
A
  1. 5 cm
  2. 0 cm
  3. 5 cm
  4. 5 cm
  5. 5 cm
65
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The greatest circumference of the head corresponds to the plane of the ____ diameter that averages ___ cm

A

Occipitalfrontal diameter

34.5 cm

66
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The smallest circumference corresponds to the plane of the ____ diameter which is ___ cm

A

Suboccipitobregmatic diameter

32 cm

67
Q

Myelination of the ventral root of the cerebrospinal nerves and brainstem begins at approximately:

68
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This is the organ of transfer between mother and fetus

69
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Occasional development of breaks in the chorionic villi is seen in:

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Sensitization of erythrocytes of their D-positive fetus

70
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The ____ and _____ together function for the fetal as lung, GI and kidney

A

Chorionic villus

Intervillous space

71
Q

Residual volume of the intervillous space of the term placenta measure ___ ml

72
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Uteroplacental blood flow NEAR TERM has been estimated to be ___ with most blood apparently going to the intervillous space

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700-900ml/min

73
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Blood pressure in the intervillous space is significantly ___ the uterine arterial pressure but somewhat __ the uterine venous pressure

A

Less than

Greater than

74
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Uterine venous pressure varies depending on several factors such as the ___

A

Maternal position

75
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Substances that pass from the maternal blood to the fetal blood must traverse this:

A

Syncytiotrophoblast
Storma of the intravillous space
Fetal capillary wall

76
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This actively or passively permits, facilitates, and adjust the amount and rate of transfer if a wide range of substances if the fetus

A

Syncytiotrophoblast

77
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The total surface area of capillaries? at term has been estimated to be approximately

78
Q

In the regulation of placental transfer what is the fetal tissue interface

A

Syncytiotrophoblast

79
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The maternal facing surface of the placental transfer is characterized by _____

A

Complex microvillous structure

80
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This is the site of transfer to the intravillous space through which the fetal capillaries traverse

A

Fetal facing basal cell membrane

81
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Determining of the effectiveness of the human placenta as organ transfer, at least 10 variables are important:

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  • concentration of the substance in the maternal plasma bound to carrier protein
  • rate of maternal blood flow in the intervillous space
  • area available for exchange across the villous trophoblast epithelium
  • substance transferred by diffusion the physical properties of the tissue barriers
  • receptors for active transport
  • amount metabolized by the placenta
  • area for exchange across fetal capillaries in the placenta
  • bound substance in the fetal blood
  • specific carrier protein in the fetal circulation
  • rate of blood flow through the villous capillaries

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