Conception and implantation
Where does fertilization normally occur?
What is the ampulla of the fallopian tube?
What is the developing baby called during approximately weeks 3-8 after fertilization?
What is embryo?
What is the term for the mother's first perception of fetal movement?
What is Quickening?
What organ provides oxygen and nutrients to the fetus?
What is the placenta?
A patient at 18 weeks reports feeling fluttering in her abdomen. What is the most likely explanation?
What is the name of the cell formed when the sperm fertilizes the ovum?
What is zygote?
What germ layer develops into the brain and spinal cord?
What is ectoderm?
What fine hair begins covering the fetal body during the second trimester?
What is Lanugo?
How many vessels are normally in the umbilical cord and what are they called?
What are 3 - two arteries and one vein?
A patient at 8 weeks gestation asks why alcohol should be avoided. What should the nurse explain?
What is alcohol can disrupt fetal development and cause fetal alcohol spectrum disorders?
What structure implants into the uterine endometrium?
What is a blastocyst?
At approximately what gestational age does the embryonic heart begin beating?
What is about 5-6 weeks of gestation?
What is the white, creamy substance that protects the fetal skin?
What is vernix caseosa?
Which fetal vessel carries oxygen-rich blood from the placenta to the fetus?
What is the umbilical vein?
A newborn delivered at 30 weeks develops grunting, retractions and tachypnea. Which developmental problem is most likely contributing?
What is pulmonary immaturity and insufficient surfactant?
What hormone is detected by most pregnancy tests?
What is the human chorionic gonadotropin?
What is the process of formation of major organs called?
What is organogenesis?
What substance reduces surface tension in the fetal lungs?
What is surfactant?
Which fetal shunt allows blood to bypass much of the liver?
What is the ductus venosus?
A nurse finds only two vessels in the newborn's umbilical cord. What should the nurse suspect?
What is a single umbilical artery?
What is the difference between gestational age and fertilization age?
What is gestational age is measured from the last menstrual period and the fertilization age begins at conception?
What vitamin taken before conception and during early pregnancy helps prevent neural tube defects?
What is Folic acid?
Why is a fetus born at 28 weeks at increased risk for respiratory distress and temperature instability?
What is immature lungs and limited body fat with underdeveloped temperature regulation?
Name three major fetal circulatory shunts.
What are ductus venosus, foramen ovale, and ductus arteriosus?
After birth, what physiologic changes promote closure of the foramen ovale and ductus arteriosus?
What is increased pulmonary blood flow, changes in atrial pressure, increased oxygen tension and reduced prostaglandin influence?