Fetal Growth and Development Flashcards

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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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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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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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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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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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The major portion of lung development is yet to occur
Fetal period
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The crown rump length of the fetus is 6 to 7 cm
12 gestational weeks
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Centers of ossification have appeared in most of the fetal bones, and the fingers and toes are differentiated
12 gestational weeks
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Skin and nails have developed and scattered rudiments of hair appear
12 gestational weeks
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The external genitalia are beginning to show definitive signs of male or female gender
12 gestational weeks
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The fetus begins to make spontaneous movements
12 gestational weeks
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The crown rump length of the fetus is 12 cm
16 gestational weeks
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What is the weight of the fetus in a 16 gestational week
110 grams
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The gender can be correctly determined by experienced observer by inspection of the external genitalia by ___
14 weeks
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The fetus now weights somewhat more than 300 grams
20 gestational weeks
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Weight begins to increase in a linear manner
20 gestational weeks
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The fetal skin has become less transparent, a downy lanugo covers the entire body, and some scalp hair has developed
20 gestational weeks
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The fetus weighs around 630 grams
24 gestational weeks
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The skin is characteristically wrinkled and fat deposition begins
24 gestational weeks
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The head is STILL comparatively large and eyebrow and eyelashes are usually recognizable
24 gestational weeks
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The canalicular period of lung development occurs during which bronchi and bronchioles, enlarge and alveolar ducts develops
24 gestational weeks
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Canalicular period is nearly completed by the ___
28 gestational weeks
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Crown rump length of about 25 cm
28 gestational weeks
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The fetus weighs around 1100 grams
28 gestational weeks
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And infant born at this time moves limbs energetically
28 gestational weeks
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Cries weakly
28 gestational weeks
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The otherwise normal infant of the age has a 90% chance of survival without physical or neurological impairment
28 gestational weeks
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Crown rump length of about 28 cm
32 gestational weeks
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The weight of the fetus is about 1800 grams
32 gestational weeks
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The skin surface is still red and wrinkled
32 gestational weeks
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Infants born at this period also usually survive intact
32 gestational weeks
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The crown rump length of the fetus is about 32 cm
36 gestational weeks
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The weight of the fetus is about 2500 grams
36 gestational weeks
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Deposition of subcutaneous fat, the body has become more rotund
36 gestational weeks
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Infants born at this time have an excellent chance of survival with proper care
36 gestational weeks
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Fetus is fully developed
40 gestational weeks
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Crown rump length of the fetus at term is about 36 cm
40 gestational weeks
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The fetus weight is approximately 3400 gram
40 gestational weeks
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Sutures between two frontal bones
Frontal
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Suture between two parietal bones
Sagittarius
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Between frontal and parietal bones
Coronal sutures
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Between posterior margins of the parietal bones and upper margin of the occipital bone
Lambdoid suture
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Where several sutures meet, an irregular space forms which is enclosed by a membrane
Fontanels
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Is a lozenge-shaped space situated at the junction of the Sagittarius and the coronal sutures
Greater or Anterior fontanel
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Small triangular area at the intersection of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures
Lesser or posterior fontanel
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``` Give the measurement of the following: Biparietal: Bitemporal: Occipitomental: Suboccipitobregmatic: Occipitofrontal: ```
9. 5 cm 8. 0 cm 12. 5 cm 9. 5 cm 11. 5 cm
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The greatest circumference of the head corresponds to the plane of the ____ diameter that averages ___ cm
Occipitalfrontal diameter | 34.5 cm
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The smallest circumference corresponds to the plane of the ____ diameter which is ___ cm
Suboccipitobregmatic diameter | 32 cm
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Myelination of the ventral root of the cerebrospinal nerves and brainstem begins at approximately:
6 months
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This is the organ of transfer between mother and fetus
Placenta
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Occasional development of breaks in the chorionic villi is seen in:
Sensitization of erythrocytes of their D-positive fetus
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The ____ and _____ together function for the fetal as lung, GI and kidney
Chorionic villus | Intervillous space
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Residual volume of the intervillous space of the term placenta measure ___ ml
140 ml
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Uteroplacental blood flow NEAR TERM has been estimated to be ___ with most blood apparently going to the intervillous space
700-900ml/min
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Blood pressure in the intervillous space is significantly ___ the uterine arterial pressure but somewhat __ the uterine venous pressure
Less than | Greater than
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Uterine venous pressure varies depending on several factors such as the ___
Maternal position
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Substances that pass from the maternal blood to the fetal blood must traverse this:
Syncytiotrophoblast Storma of the intravillous space Fetal capillary wall
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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
Syncytiotrophoblast
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The total surface area of capillaries? at term has been estimated to be approximately
10 m2
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In the regulation of placental transfer what is the fetal tissue interface
Syncytiotrophoblast
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The maternal facing surface of the placental transfer is characterized by _____
Complex microvillous structure
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This is the site of transfer to the intravillous space through which the fetal capillaries traverse
Fetal facing basal cell membrane
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Determining of the effectiveness of the human placenta as organ transfer, at least 10 variables are important:
- 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