Across
- 4. confidence that a person can control his or her own body, impulses and environment
- 8. process of inserting normal genes into human cells to correct genetic disorders
- 11. steps that a pregnant female can take to provide for her own health and the health of her baby
- 12. group of developing cells after 8 weeks
- 15. Week when a fetus sucks thumb and makes crying motions
- 18. basic units of heredity
- 20. chemical unit that makes up chromosomes
- 21. procedure in which a syringe is inserted into female’s abdominal wall to remove amniotic fluid
- 23. 30% of low birth weight at birth and 10% of infant death
- 26. abnormal lateral, or side to side, curvature of the spine
- 27. group of alcohol-related birth defects that includes both physical and mental problems
- 28. cluster of cells that develops between the 3rd to 8th week of pregnancy
- 29. spontaneous expulsion of fetus before 20 weeks
Down
- 1. zygote implants in fallopian tube, abdomen, ovary or cervix
- 2. blood-rich tissue that lines the uterus, provides nutrients
- 3. air pollution
- 5. number of stages for childbirth
- 6. found in shark, swordfish, and king mackerel
- 7. events that need to happen in order for a person to continue growing toward becoming a healthy, mature adult
- 9. connects the placenta to the fetus
- 10. union of the male sperm cell and a female egg cell
- 13. process by which the zygote attaches to the uterine wall
- 14. disorders caused partly or completely by a defect in genes
- 16. thin, fluid-filled sac that surrounds the embryo
- 17. found in x-rays
- 19. found in paint, glassware and dinnerware
- 22. dilates from 0 to 10 cm
- 24. thread-like structures found within the nucleus of a cell that carry the codes for inherited traits
- 25. how many weeks is long is pregnancy