Gestational Development Flashcards
1st Trimester (___wk - ___wk)
0wk - 11wk
2nd Trimester (___wk - ___wk)
12wk - 24wk
3rd Trimester (___wk - ___wk)
25wk - 40wk
Week 4
NT closes
Week 5
Heart is formed/beating, HEEN start forming, limb buds
Week 6
Brain starts developing, guts lengthen/twist
Week 9
Sex organs begin developing
Week 11
All vital organs are developed/fxn’ing, gut returns to abd cavity
Week 8-15
Touch develops (by 32wkG there’s a consistent response to T, P!, P)
Week 13
Taste develops
Week 16
Limbs develop
Week 18
Sex determined via US
Week 20
Hearing develops (by term = in Sn/freq to an adult)
Week 25/26
Alveolar sacs form
Week 29
Sight develops - can get a pupillary response to light (by 32wkG it is consistent)
Week 34
IS able to start fight off Infxn, lungs more developed/fxn’al
Week 36
Starts practicing sucking/swallowing/breathing, alveoli formed
Week 40
Full term baby
Week 28-32
Smell develops