2.01 Child Development vocab

2. a procedure that uses high-energy sound waves for viewing inside the body, by making echoes that form pictures of the tissues and organs on a computer screen (sonogram)
4. prenatal test: testing that can identify whether a baby is more or less likely to have certain birth defects, many of which are genetic disorders
5. a single cell released from the female reproductive organ (ovaries), which is capable of developing into a new organism when fertilized with a sperm cell
8. a condition in pregnancy characterized by high blood pressure, sometimes with fluid retention and proteinuria
10. a hollow, pear-shaped organ in a woman’s pelvis, where a fetus develops and grows
12. development: the process of growth and development within the womb from fertilization to delivery
14. previa: a condition in which the placenta partially or wholly blocks the neck of the uterus, thus interfering with the normal delivery of a baby

1. caseosa: a white, creamy, naturally occurring biofilm covering the skin of a baby during the last trimester of pregnancy
3. one of the three divisions of three months each during pregnancy, in which different phases of fetal development take place
4. when a fetus dies after the mother's 20th week of pregnancy, when the baby may have died in the uterus weeks or hours before labor
6. the ability of a human fetus to survive outside the uterus
7. the organ that develops/attaches in a woman’s uterus during pregnancy, provides oxygen and nutrients to the growing baby, and removes waste products from baby’s blood
9. Cord: a ropelike structure that connects a developing embryo or fetus to the placenta
11. labor: occurs when regular contractions result in the opening of the cervix after week 20 and before week 37 of pregnancy, potentially leading to premature birth; the earlier the occurrence of premature birth, the greater the health risks for the baby
13. a fertilized egg, created when sperm meets an egg in one of the fallopian tubes