Section 1
The complete blueprint for the creation of a person.
What is genome?
It uses all five senses.
What is fetus?
A serious problem that threaten's a baby's health, and is present at birth.
What is birth defect?
The liquid that surrounds and protects the developing baby in the uterus.
What is amniotic fluid?
When a pregnant woman drinks ___, she puts her baby at great risk.
What is alcohol?
This is the first stage in a baby's development.
What is germinal stage?
This is the third and final stage of development.
What is the fetal stage?
Some people seek __ to assess their risks of having a child with a birth defect that is caused by a defect in the genes.
What is genetic counseling?
A long tube that connects the baby to the placenta.
What is umbilical cord?
An incurable condition found in some children of mothers who consume alcohol during pregnancy.
What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?
This happens when a woman gives birth to more than one child at a time.
What is multiple births?
___ is the common length of pregnancy, from the first day of the last menstrual cycle.
What is 40 weeks, or 280 days?
More than ___ kinds of birth defects can now be detected before a baby is born, because of technological advances in medical equipment.
What is 100?
Happens when the developing baby dies prior to the twentieth week of pregnancy.
What is miscarriage?
The effects of ___ on an unborn baby can normally be treated if the infection is known before the sixteenth week of pregnancy.
What is Syphilis?
This is what the developing baby is called from about the third week of pregnancy, through the eighth week.
What is embryo?
The ___ begin to separate and develop into the major systems of the human body.
What is cells?
Some ___ defects are caused by a combination of heredity and the environment.
What is birth?
A test that uses sound waves to make a video image of an unborn baby.
What is ultrasound?
This is the sudden, unexpected death of a baby, under one year of age with no clear cause.
What is SIDS?
The ______ is a tube in the back of the developing baby that will become the brain and spinal cord.
What is neural tube?
For each inherited characteristic, a person receives __ copies of a gene.
What is two?
This is most often used as a test for down syndrome, when expectant mother is 35 or older.
What is Amniocentesis?
A tissue that connects the developing baby to the uterus.
What is placenta?
An infection caused by a parasite.
What is Toxoplasmosis?