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What are the two methods of dating a pregnancy

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  • Menstrual age

- Fertilisation age

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Who uses the menstrual age method

What does the method rely on

How is it split

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Clinicians

The woman’s last menstrual cycle

Three equal trimesters

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Why is the menstrual age cycle 40 weeks long

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1st 2 weeks due to ovulation

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Who uses the fertilisation age method

How many weeks of pregnancy does it include

How many periods is it split into

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Embryologists

38 weeks

3 periods

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What are the three periods of the fertilisation age method

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  • Early development (ED)
  • Embryonic period (E)
  • Foetal period (F)
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What happens in the early development period (fertilisation age)

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  • Cell division
  • Pre-embryonic
  • Foetus termination due to environmental factors
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What happens in embryonic period (fertilisation age)

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  • Organogenesis
  • Most susceptible to environmental factors since organs still forming
    Eg teratogens
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What happens in the foetal period (fertilisation age)

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  • Parturition lost likely
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What are the know causes for human birth defects

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  • Genetics

- Environmental

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What are the genetic causes for human birth defects

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  • Monogenic

- Chromosomal

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What is a monogenic cause

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Defective gene on autosome

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What are chromosomal causes

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Numerical Structural

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What are the effects of Trisomy 21, Down’s syndrome

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  • Growth retardation
  • Intellectual retardation
  • Craniofacial abnormalities
  • Congenital heart defects
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What are the environmental causes of human birth defects

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  • Infections
  • Chemical
  • Deficiency
  • Maternal disease
  • Physical
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What are the infectious agents that cause human birth defects and how does the baby get them (infections)

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Cross the placenta

  • Toxoplasmosis
  • Rubella
  • Cytomegalovirus
  • Herpes virus
  • Zika virus
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What causes toxoplasmosis (infections)

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  • Parasite
  • Cat faeces and uncooked meat
  • Usually asymptomatic
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What are the congenital malformations of toxoplasmosis (infections)

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  • Inflammation of retina
  • Hearing loss
  • Enlarged liver spleen
  • Hydrocephaly
  • Microcephaly
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When is rubella likely to happen
How can it be reduced
(Infection)

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1st 3 months

MMR vaccine

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What are the congenital malformations dues to rubella (infection)

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  • Cloudy cornea
  • Intellectual disability
  • Microcephaly
    Heart defects
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How is cytomegalovirus transmitted (infection)

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Viral, via bodily fluids

Usually asymptomatic

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What are the congenital malformations of cytomegalovirus (infection)

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  • Inflammation of retina
  • Enlarged spleen or liver
  • Mineral deposits on the brain
  • Microcephaly
  • Psychomotor retardation
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What causes Herpes (infection)

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  • Herpes simplex

- Herpes zoster

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Wha causes chickenpox and when is it most dangerous (infection)

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  • Varcellar zoster virus

- 13-20 weeks or just before birth to two days after

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What are the congenital malformations of herpes virus (infection)

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  • Segmental skinloss
  • Limb hypoplasia
  • Microcephaly
  • Visual defects
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What is the cause of Zika virus and how is it transmitted (infection)
Mosquito Via bodily fluids
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What are the symptoms of Zika virus (infection)
- Fever - Rash - Joint pain - Red eyes
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What are the congenital malformations of Zika virus (infection)
- Microcephaly | - severe cognitive disabilities
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What are the chemical causes of human birth defects
- Thalidomide | - Alcohol
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What does thalidomide cause and what is it used to treat
Shortened or absent limb Leprosy and HIV
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What is foetal alcohol syndrome associated with
- Prenatal & postnatal growth retardation - Intellectual disability - Impaired motor ability & coordination
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What is the most common deficiency that causes human birth defect
Folic acid deficiency
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What does folic acid deficiency cause and how can the risk be reduced
- Malformation in CNS | - OTC supplements reduce malformation risk by 60%
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What are congenital malformations of folic acid deficiency
- Spina bifida | - Anencephaly
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What is the most common maternal disease that causes human birth defect
Diabetes mellitus
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What happens in diabetes mellitus
- Cellular structural defects | - Cellular physiology change
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What are the congenital malformations of diabetes mellitus
- Macrosomia - Ventricular septal defects - Spines bifida - Renal agenisis
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What does radiation do to the foetus
- Cell death - Chromosome changes - CNS damage - Most sensitive 1st trimester
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What are the congenital malformations of radiation
- Microcephaly - Mental and cognitive disabilities - Haemopoietic malignancies and leukaemia
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What happens in fertilisation
- Fimbriae sweep oocyte into unsterile tube - Capacitation of sperm in female tract - Acrosome reaction - Formation of zygote - Fusion of pronuclei
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Where does fertilisation take place
Ampulla of uterine tube
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What happens in acrosome reaction
- Capacitated sperm passes through corona radiate - Acrosome releases enzymes —> sperm penetrates zone pellucida - Cortical reaction —> zona pellucida becomes impenetrable
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What happens in acrosome reaction
- Capacitated sperm passes through corona radiate - Acrosome releases hydrologic enzymes —> sperm penetrates zona pellucida - Cortical reaction —> zona pellucida becomes impenetrable
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What happens in cleavage
Zygote cells divide
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Does the size of zygote change in cleavage
No. Blastomeres get smaller
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How is morula formed
- 16-32 cells - Inner cell mass - Outer cell mass
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What does inner cell mass develop into
Embryo proper, embryoblasts
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What does outer cell mass develop into
Placenta, trophoblasts
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How is the blastocyst formed
- Fluid-filled cavity - Cells separated: compact mass; thinner outer layer - Blastocyst hatch & implantation happens
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When is fluid-filled cavity formed
Day 5
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When does blastocyst hatch and implant
Days 5 & 6

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