pregnancy Vocabulary

3. plural form of nucleus.
7. the process in which a baby develops from a single cell after conception into an embryo and later a fetus.
10. cells with the potential to develop into many different types of cells in the body.
12. a disease that results from infection with the Toxoplasma gondii parasite Infection usually occurs by mother to child transmission during pregnancy
14. the action of conceiving a child or of a child being conceived.
16. A structure formed in the early development of mammals. Days 5-9
17. the innermost lining layer of the uterus, and functions to prevent adhesions between the opposed walls of the myometrium, thereby maintaining the patency of the uterine cavity.
19. fine, soft hair, especially that which covers the body and limbs of a human fetus or newborn.

1. a condition in which your blood sugar levels become high during pregnancy.
2. an organ that develops in your uterus during pregnancy. This structure provides oxygen and nutrients to your growing baby and removes waste products from your baby's blood.
4. an unborn offspring of a mammal, in particular an unborn human baby more than eight weeks after conception.
5. the fluid-filled sac that contains and protects a fetus in the womb.
6. the position your baby needs to be in for you to give birth vaginally. head down
8. the protective liquid contained by the amniotic sac of a gravid amniote.
9. An unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development, in particular a human offspring during the period from approximately the second to the eighth week after fertilization (after which it is usually termed a fetus).
11. a vitamin of the B complex, found especially in leafy green vegetables, liver, and kidney.
13. a diploid cell resulting from the fusion of two haploid gametes; a fertilized ovum.
15. sound waves with frequencies higher than the upper audible limit of human hearing.
18. the loss of a baby before the 20th week of pregnancy.