Stages Of Prenatal Development And Environmental Influence & Principles Of Growth And Development Flashcards
Normal full term birth spans
37-42 weeks and 2 days
Pre term birth spans
Less than 37 weeks
Post term birth spans
Those that end beyond 42 weeks and 3 days
What are the 3 periods of stages of prenatal development
Zygote
Embryo
Fetus
In what week does the baby started to develop a heart beat
5 weeks
In what week does the baby started to develop the ears
8 weeks
The zygote has multiples into a ball of more than 50 cells
Blastocysts
Develops into structure that support and protect the baby before birth
Trophoblast
Between 7 and 9 days after conception blastocyst begins the process of attaching itself to the uterine wall
Implantation
It helps keep the temperature of the prenatal development constant
Amniotic fluid
Lasts from implantation through 8 week of pregnancy
Period of Embryo
Embryonic disc forms three layers:
Ectoderm
Mesoderm
Endoderm
During what month does the eyes, ear,nose, and arms begin to form?
1 month
At what age does the embryo begins to look recognizably human?
6 weeks of age
What is the purpose of the placenta??
Transmit nutrients from mother
How to compute the last menstrual period?
Minus 3 months, add 7 days, add 1 year
What week does the brain develop during conception?
3 1/2 weeks
In what age does the fetus can hiccup and react to very loud noice
9 weeks of age