Conception and Genetics
The place where the fertilization of the ovum take place in a normal pregnancy.
What are the Fallopian tubes?
The following is associated with the second trimester of pregnancy.
What is movements of the fetus?
A sexually transmitted disease that can be passed to the fetus during vaginal birth.
What is genital herpes?
Occurs in the final stage of labor.
What is delivery of the placenta?
Substances, such as viruses and drugs, that can cause birth defects.
What are teratogens?
The number of chromosomes in typical human cells.
What is 23?
The stages of prenatal development in order of progression.
What are germinal, embryonic, and fetal stage?
The following is associated with the development of mental illnesses in adulthood.
What are risks to an infant with maternal malnutrition?
Two important process that occurs in stage 1 of labor.
What are dilation and effacement?
A time when certain body systems are especially sensitive to teratogens.
What are critical periods?
Chromosomes composed of molecules.
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
Cells from the outer layer of the blastocyst and the uterine wall.
What is the placenta?
Substances found in the environment that may have detrimental effects on prenatal development.
What are environmental hazards?
A surgical procedure that is sometimes necessary to deliver a baby.
What is a cesarean section or c-section?
Substances that can cause miscarriage, premature labor, and death of the infant.
What are heroin and methadone?
The term to describe cells that unite at conception.
What are a Zygotes?
A physical condition in which a woman's body is nurturing a developing embryo or fetus.
What is pregnancy?
Causes short-lived mild reaction in adults but may be deadly to a fetus.
What is rubella and German measles?
The term used to refer to a baby during the first month of life.
What is a neonate?
Long term effects on children's development such as high rates of learning problems and antisocial behavior.
What are the effects of mothers who smoke during pregnancy?
An individual's unique genetic blueprint, which is created from genes contributed by both parents.
What is genotype?
A single cell created when sperm and ovum unite.
What is a zygote?
Several maternal characteristics that can adversely affect prenatal development.
What is diet, age, mental and physical health?
An assessment used to assess a baby's heartbeat, breathing, muscle tone, reflexes, and color immediately after birth.
What is the Apgar scale?
A child born smaller than normal, with smaller-than-typical brains, heart defects, hearing loss, and distinctive face.
What are the characteristics of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder?