Exam 25: Development Throughout Life

The process of morphogenesis in development begins ________ after fertilization.

Maria is pregnant and a week past her due date, and her doctor decides to induce labor. Her physician will use pitocin, which is a synthetic form of which natural hormone?

The ________ is the primary germ layer that gives rise to muscle, bone, connective tissue, and organs such as the heart, kidneys, ovaries, and testes.

________ is the primary germ layer that forms the nervous system and the outer layer of skin and its derivatives, such as hair, nails, oil glands, sweat glands, and mammary glands.

The ________ develops where the vertebral column will later form.

Which of the following maintains the corpus luteum and stimulates it to continue to produce the hormone progesterone?

Developmental problems present at birth are known as ________.

Sometimes, splitting of the pre-embryo is incomplete during the development of twins, and ________ twins result.

Which of the following is the correct sequence of events during pre-embryonic development?

A(n) ________ occurs when the blastocyst implants outside the uterus.

Which is the temporary blood vessel that shunts most blood past the fetal liver?

Identical twins occur when ________.

Compare and contrast breast-feeding with bottle-feeding.

The ________ is an extraembryonic membrane that surrounds the embryo and serves to protect and cushion the embryo.

When your mother is mad at you, she likes to remind you that she spent 48 hours in painful labor to bring you into the world! Specifically, she means that she spent a long time in the ________ stage of labor.

What physiological processes are involved in lactation?

About a day after fertilization, the zygote undergoes ________, which is a rapid series of cell divisions.

A baby is born with spina bifida, which is a neural tube defect. This problem most likely initiated at which time in development?

What are some of the possible factors associated with aging?