prenatal development Flash Cards

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Title: prenatal development
Description: Students will put cards in the sequence prenatal development occurs.
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Created: 2002-11-06
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    • Side 3
    • weighs 2 1/2 pounds to 3 pounds
    • which month
    • ovum
    • female egg cell
    • weighs average 7 to 7 1/2 pounds
    • when
    • pinhead/grain of sand
    • the size of the blastocyst/zygote when it attaches itself to the uterine wall
    • acquiring antibodies
    • The baby acquires antibodies from the mother for protection from illness during the first few weeks.
    • fetal position
    • when the baby take a head down,curled up position because of lack of room in the uterus
    • decreased movement
    • when the baby slows down due to lack of room and to rest up for the "big day"
    • heartbeat
    • occurs at 21 days
    • lanugo appears
    • a fine downey like hair on the fetus
    • swallowing, thumbsucking, hiccupping
    • what month does these actions begin
    • birth
    • the delivery of the baby
    • vernix caseosa
    • a white, greasy substance that is found on babies at birth
    • menstruation
    • the release of the uterine lining when implantation has not occurred during the reproductive cycle
    • zygote
    • the fertilized egg up to 5 days after conception
    • fetus
    • the developing baby from 8 weeks of pregnancy to birth
    • lanugo disappears
    • which month?
    • weighs 1 1/2 pounds to 2 pounds
    • which month
    • embryo
    • the second stage of pregnancy occuring from implantation until the 8th or 9th week of pregnancy
    • quickening
    • kicking and movement the mother feels from the baby
    • Ovulation
    • When the ovum is release from one of the ovaries
    • sperm
    • male reproductive cell
    • fertilization/conception
    • when the sperm penetrates the ovum to create a blastocyst
    • implantation
    • when the blastocyst(could also be referred to as the zygote) attaches itself the the wall of the uterus
    • lightening
    • when the baby moves lower into the pelvic region
    • weighs 5 to 6 pounds
    • which month
    • amniotic fluid
    • develops during the period of the embryo; serves as a cushion for the baby from bumps or falls the mother might have
    • umbilical cord
    • develops during the period of the embryo; carries nourishment and oxygen to the developing baby