Chapter 4 Vocabulary Brianna Wilson

3. an agent or factor that causes malformation of an embryo.
4. peer-reviewed medical journal in the field of obstetrics and gynecology.
8. a device to listen to or record the fetal heartbeat through the mother's abdomen.
9. This period is generally divided into three stages: the germinal stage, the embryonic stage, and the fetal stage. Stage 1: The Germinal Stage
12. a bag of fluid inside a woman's womb (uterus) where the unborn baby develops and grows.
13. is the period beginning immediately after the birth of a child and extending for about six weeks.
14. The aim is for the mother to be awake and cooperative and for the father to assume an active and supportive role during the birth of their child.
15. a flexible cordlike structure containing blood vessels and attaching a human or other mammalian fetus to the placenta during gestation.

1. begins at fertilization (penetration of the egg by the sperm) and continues until the end of the 10th week of gestation
2. the common term used during pregnancy to describe how far along the pregnancy is.
5. foetal viability is the ability of a fetus to survive outside the uterus.
6. a congenital syndrome caused by excessive consumption of alcohol by the mother during pregnancy, characterized by retardation of mental development and of physical growth, particularly of the skull and face of the infant.
7. commences at 22 completed weeks (154 days) of gestation and ends seven completed days after birth.
10. This stage occurs during the first 2 weeks of development (or the 2nd - 4th weeks of pregnancy).
11. Weeks 21 to Term