Germinal Stage
Embryonic Stage
Fetal Stage
Brain and Sensory Development
Terminology
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The first stage, from conception to about 2 weeks, when the zygote implants.

Germinal stage.

100

The time period

Week 3 to week 8

100

Third trimester of pregnancy

Fetal stage 

100

Sight, touch, hearing, taste, smell, 

Sensory development 

100

The process of developing or being developed

Development

200

The time in which this stage lasts from fertilization

14 days.

200

Things formed from the three cell layers

Major organs and body systems.

200

Second Trimester of Pregnancy

Body growth begins with parts like fingers, toes, muscles, and bones.

200

Two major components/organ(s) in brain development 

Brain and spinal cord

200

Before birth

Prenatal

300

The ending of the stage ends with

The egg implanting into the uterine wall and becomes a blastocyst.

300

The outermost germ layer gives rise to the skin and nervous system

Ectoderm

300

First Trimester of Pregnancy

central nervous system begins to development.

300

Foundation and structure 

First semester of brain development 

300

An offspring of a human or other mammal in the stages of prenatal development that follow the embryo stage.

Fetus

400

A part of this stage that is inherited by the egg

The cytoplasm.

400

The beginning of the embryonic stage, as the blastocyst attaches to the uterine wall.

Implantation

400

The time period of the Fetal Stage

The fetal stage extends from the beginning of the 9th week until about 38 weeks after fertilization.

400

Growth and complexity

Second trimester of brain development 

400

(In an embryo) A hollow structure from which the brain and spinal cord.

Neural tube

500

The two distinct parts of the blastocyst, and what do they become

Inner cell mass and Trophoblast.

500

This organ, vital for nutrient and oxygen exchange, begins forming during the embryonic stage

Placenta

500

A key indicator of fetal well-being, with fewer than 10 in 12 hours suggesting distress.

Fetal Movements.

500

Rapid expansion

Third trimester of brain development 

500

The action of process of fertilizing an egg, involving the fusion of male and female gametes to form a zygote.

Fertilization

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