Across
- 2. Sickness, Varying degrees of nausea and vomiting associated with pregnancy, most commonly in the first trimester
- 5. Diabetes, In a pregnant woman, insufficient insulin production or insulin resistance that results in consistency high blood glucose levels; the condition typically resolves after birth occurs
- 8. Human grown and developmental stage lasting from the third week to the end of the eighth after fertilization
- 9. A pregnancy - specific organ formed from both maternal and embryonic tissues. It's responsible for oxygen, nutrient, and waste exchange between mother and fetus.
- 11. The human grown and developmental stage lasting from the beginning of the night week after conception to birth
- 14. Any one of the three stages of pregnancy, each lasting 13 to 14 weeks
- 15. Birth Weight, A weight of less than 5.5 lb at birth
- 16. An Abnormal craving to eat something not fit for food, such as clay, chalk, paint, or other nonfood substances
Down
- 1. Uniting of an ovum (egg) and sperm to create a fertilized egg
- 3. Fluid, The watery fluid contained in the innermost membrane of the sac containing the fetus. It cushions and protects the growing fetus
- 4. A fatal neutral tube defect in which there is a partial absence of brain tissue, most likely caused by failure of the neural tube to close
- 6. Abortion, The natural termination of a pregnancy and expulsion of the fetus and pregnancy tissues because of a genetic, developmental, of physiologic abnormality that is so severe that the pregnancy cannot be maintained: also known as miscarriage
- 7. Bifida, An embryonic neural tube defect that occurs when the spinal vertebrae fails to completely enclose the spinal cord, allowing it to protrude
- 10. Any substance that can cause a birth defect
- 12. Cord, The chord containing arteries and veins that connects the baby (from the naval) to the mother via the placenta
- 13. Tube, Embryonic tissues that forms a tube, which eventually becomes the brain and spinal cord