Exam 3: Prenatal Development and Birth

The term ____________ is used when there is an imbalance between the body's needs and the intake of nutrients, even when calorie intake is within the normal range. When pregnant women have this condition, it can have harmful effects on prenatal development.

The sex-typed expectations of parents for their newborn:

Ultrasound technologies reveal that the developing organism becomes active around the ____________ week after conception.

In the last ten years, there has been a decline in the percentage of U.S. newborns with excellent Apgar scores.

In the early process of cell division, any of the cells has the potential to develop into an embryo.

A baby born before __________ weeks is considered to be preterm.

Premature babies are MOST likely to catch up developmentally with their full-term peers if:

There is no evidence that the active compounds in marijuana cross the placenta to the fetus.

The outer layer of cells in early embryonic development is called the ____________. This layer gives rise to the outer surface of the skin, the nails, part of the teeth, the lens of the eye, and the nervous system.

The fertilized egg, which is about 1/175 of an inch at conception, is called the:

During cleavage, cells do not all divide at the same time. This difference in rates of change is referred to as:

Which stage of labor may last 14 hours or longer?

Because of the early maturation of the vestibular system, the fetus probably senses ____________ as early as five months following conception.

Learning their baby's sex during an ultrasound appointment has very little influence on parents' perceptions of their developing fetus.

Developmental scientists have discovered the process by which identical stem cells evolve into highly distinct specialized parts of the human body.

Dr. Max has just told Felicity that her fetus's arm buds appear to be developing before its leg buds. This is an example of what pattern of development?

Fetuses presented with light have been found to:

There is limited evidence that a fetus can hear or see.

The zygote consists of: