Across
- 5. A rope like structure that connects the fetus to the placenta
- 6. Doctor of obstetrics who has an extra three years of training to help with high risk pregnancies
- 8. Prenatal testing that can determine if a baby is more or less likely to have genetic disorders or birth defects
- 10. Regular contractions result in opening the cervix after week 20 and before week 37
- 11. One of the three divisions of pregnancy
- 15. An infection caused by a common bacterium that is usually harmless in adults but in newborns it is more dangerous
- 16. The stage where the blastocyst implants itself into the uterus through the eight week
- 17. When the fetus dies after the 20th week of pregnancy
- 20. A condition where the placenta covers the neck of the uterus and can cause issues during birth
- 21. The process of a mature egg being released from the ovary
- 23. Where the female eggs travel from the ovaries to the uterus
- 26. A hormone found in blood and urine in pregnant women
- 27. A sugar that is an important energy source to all organisms
- 32. The process of discharging blood and other stuff from the lining of the uterus
- 33. An organ that develops in the Uterus during pregnancy
- 34. Nausea and Vomiting during pregnancy
- 39. The first one to two weeks of prenatal life after fertilization
- 40. A condition characterized by elevated glucose in the blood during pregnancy
- 41. Testing the fetus prenatally to determine if it has any specific abnormalities
Down
- 1. A biofilm covering a baby during the last stage of pregnancy
- 2. When a baby is born between 39 and 40 weeks
- 3. A hollow organ in a woman's pelvis where a fetus grows
- 4. Receives and sends messages from the body to the brain and back to the body
- 7. A condition characterized with high blood pressure
- 9. Lower narrow end of the uterus
- 12. The spontaneous loss of a women's pregnancy before the 20 week mark
- 13. Fluid filled sac that contains and protects the fetus
- 14. Single cell released from ovaries
- 18. Fertilized egg after five days
- 19. Fine,soft, hairs found on a newborn
- 22. A developing human from about two month after conception to birth
- 24. The female reproductive organ where eggs are produced
- 25. The fluid surrounding the fetus within the amnion
- 28. High energy sound waves to look inside the body
- 29. The ability for a fetus to survive outside the uterus
- 30. The sampling of amniotic fluid to screen for developmental abnormalities in the fetus
- 31. It begins at the ninth week after fertilization and then to about 38 weeks
- 33. The growth and development within the womb from fertilization to delivery
- 35. A hollow structure where the brain and spinal cord form
- 36. The joining of the sperm and egg
- 37. A fertilized egg
- 38. An unborn human in the very early stages of development