Prenatal Development
Pregnancy
Factors of Pregnancy
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100
The cell that is formed when the egg and sperm unite.
What is a zygote?
100
Nausea that normally occurs during the first trimester
What is morning sickness?
100
Threadlike structure that contains hereditary information
What is a chromosome?
100
An unborn baby receives this number of chromosomes altogether from his/her parents.
What is 46?
100
A picture taken of an unborn baby by sound waves
What is an ultrasound?
200
An unborn baby from 2-8 weeks whose major organs are formed during this period
What is an embryo?
200
Connects the placenta to the developing baby (fetus)
What is umbilical cord?
200
Basic unit of heredity
What is a gene?
200
These are weaker genes.
What is recessive?
200
A motor system disorder caused by a brain injury at birth
What is Cerebral Palsy?
300
Name of the unborn baby from the ninth week of pregnancy until birth
What is a fetus?
300
The first flutterings of one's unborn baby are felt around the 4th or 5th months.
What is quickening?
300
Natural ending of pregnancy during the first three months.
What is miscarriage?
300
Twins formed together from one egg, sperm cell and developed in one sac.
What are identical twins?
300
The body is unable to process protein, resulting in retardation. A blood test is performed soon after the baby's birth.
What is PKU?
400
Hollow ball of cells that implants in the uterus
What is a blastocyst?
400
Organ that functions as an interchange between the baby and the mother
What is the placenta?
400
Mother's blood rejects the baby
What is Rh factor?
400
A prenatal test where a needle is inserted through the abdomen into the uterus to collect amniotic fluid
What is Amniocentesis?
400
Mucus build up in the lungs
What is Cystic Fibrosis?
500
Site of fertilization
What is the Fallopian tube?
500
Nourishes and holds the unborn child
What is uterus?
500
Causes heart defects and blindness in the child
What is Rubella?
500
Fertilization of the egg in a glass dish
What is in vitro fertilization?
500
A build up of unprocessed fat in the brain
What is Tay Sach's?
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