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characterized by difficulties in understanding social interaction; difficulty interpreting other people’s emotional expression

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ASPERGERS

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High-frequency sound waves directed at the mother’s abdomen produce a picture of fetus in uterus.

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ULTRASOUND

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genetic disorder in which the male has an extra Y chromosome

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XYY SYNDROME

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Brain damage, cataracts, jaundice, enlarged liver, kidney damage, if a galactosemic infant is
given milk, unmetabolized milk sugars build up and damage the liver, eyes, kidneys and brain

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TAY SACHS

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zygote travels to the uterus and attached itself to it; rapid cell division occurs; lasting only for 2 weeks

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GERMINAL STAGE/ PERIOD OF ZYGOTE

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is dated from the first day of an expectant mother’s last menstrual cycle

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GESTATIONAL

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major systems, organs & structure of the body develop; in 3 to 8 week

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EMBRYONIC STAGE / PERIOD OF EMBRYO

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reflexes emerged; health can be affected by mother’s diet, health, age or substance use

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FETAL STAGE / PERIOD OF FETUS

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It is the foundation of later development(heredity)

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PRENATAL PERIOD

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Sex is fixed

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PRENATAL PERIOD

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Latin, meaning “near to far,”

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PROXIMODISTAL

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Latin, meaning “head to tail,”

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CEPHALOCAUDAL

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is the first form of milk produced by the mammary glands of humans & other mammals immediately following delivery of the newborn; it is known to contain immune cells, lymphocytes & antibodies

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COLOSTRUM

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an intervention involving extended skin-to-skin contact, has been theorized tohelp preemies (baby born prematurely) & full-term infants make the adjustment from fetal life to the
jumble of sensory stimuli in the outside world

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KANGAROO CARE

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can occur from as little as 5 seconds of shaking; shaken baby injuriesoften occur in children younger than 2 years old

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SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME

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unlearned organized involuntary responses occur automatically in the presence of certain stimuli

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REFLEX

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shortest period of all developmental stage

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INFANCY STAGE

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birth to one month
Rapid physical, growth and development
stable sleep and eating pattern is develop

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INFANCY STAGE

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Physical skills involving large body movement like waving the arms, walking &
jumping; as infant gain muscle strength they start to wiggle, attempting to move forward by pushing
their arms shoulder & upper body against the surface they are on

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GROSS MOTOR SKILLS

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small body movements w/ the hands & fingers like picking up a coin to drawing;
deliberate movements babies can reach for, grab & hold onto most any object that is right size bottle,
rattle etc…

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FINE MOTOR SKILLS

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Beginning to have emotional relationships with primary care givers

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INFANCY STAGE

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need stimulating and socializing experiences for him to become intellectual and sociable person

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INFANCY STAGE

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The sense of confidence is established when the infant gains a feeling that caregivers on whom they
depend to fulfill their needs and are dependable.

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INFANCY STAGE

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Erikson has thought about trust vs. mistrust to be the psychosocial crisis during this period

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INFANCY STAGE

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1 month to 3 years old

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BABYHOOD STAGE

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Increased motor development and physical autonomy; child still lacks skill and judgment, limitations are recommended for his own safety since accidents are very common.

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BABYHOOD STAGE

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Learning to eat solid food.

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BABYHOOD STAGE

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Physical autonomy may result in clashes with parental authority.

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BABYHOOD STAGE

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Critical period, time when all foundations of adult personality are laid

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BABYHOOD STAGE

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Learn to express will and independence & make choices if not they experience shame and doubt

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BABYHOOD STAGE

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(autonomy vs shame and doubt, Erikson

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BABYHOOD STAGE

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The child now knows the meaning & value of word/s such as “no” & starts using them frequently. Frustration, resulting in temper tantrums is common.

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BABYHOOD STAGE

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curiosity increases, but verbal & intellectual abilities lag far behind motor development

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BABYHOOD STAGE

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Piaget’s Concepts of Cognitive Development

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REPRESENTATIONAL ABILITY CIRCULAR REACTIONS DEFERRED IMITATION

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Piaget’s term for capacity to store mental images or symbols of objects &events ; the ability to mentally represent objects & actions in memory, largely through symbols such as words, numbers & mental pictures different from schemes- an organized patterns of thought and behavior used in particular situations.

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REPRESENTATIONAL ABILITY

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-Piaget’s term for processes by w/c an infant learns to reproduce desired occurrences originally discovered by chance ex. An action gets a response from another person or object, leading to baby’s repeating original action or baby squeezes rubber duct so that duck squeaks

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CIRCULAR REACTIONS

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Piaget’s term referring to a more complex ability requiring long-term memory; it is the reproduction of an observed behavior after the passage of time.

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DEFERRED IMITATION

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is a type of learning in which familiarity with a stimulus reduces, slows, or stops a response

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HABITUATION

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Increase in responsiveness after presentation of a new stimulus

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DISHABITUATION

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Is of fundamental importance to social interaction, language acquisition, and the understanding of others’ intentions and mental states

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JOINT ATTENTION

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develops between 10 and 12 months, when babies follow an adults’ gaze by looking or pointing in the same direction

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JOINT ATTENTION

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refers to mutual interactions with adults that help structure children’s activities and bridge the gap between a child’s understanding and an adult’s.

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GUIDED PARTICIPATION

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refers to social dimensions of being male or female. It is acquired by 3 years of age to most children

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GENDER

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tendency of infants to spend more time looking at one sight than another

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VISUAL PREFERENCE

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set of expectations that prescribe how female or male should think, act and feel. Both cognitive development and gender schema theories emphasize the role of cognition in gender development.

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GENDER ROLE

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TYPES OF PARENTING

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Authoritarian parents Permissive Authoritative Uninvolved or neglecting parents

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controlling, punitive, rigid and cold; their word is law and they value strict, unquestioning obedience.

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AUTHORITARIAN

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also called indulgent or nondirective parent; provide lax and inconsistent feedback; require little of their children; place little or no limit or control on their children’s behavior

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PERMISSIVE

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firm, setting clear and consistent limit; loving and emotionally supportive parents; take time to explain things to their children

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AUTHORITATIVE

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no interest, rejecting & indifferent to their child; detached emotionally

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UNINVOLVED OR NEGLECTING PARENTS

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4 Important Dimensions of Parenting

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Disciplinary strategies Warmth and nurturance Communication styles Expectations of maturity and control

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is a centuries-old Hindu ceremony that honors a woman’s first pregnancy.

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Godh Bharan

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has become more celebratory than protective in nature

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Godh Bharan

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ceremonies and others like it have increasingly come to resemble American baby showers

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Godh Bharan

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The single cell formed from separate sperm and egg cells at conception; when two single cells one from a male and the other from a female join together to form a new cell

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Zygote

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The cell released monthly from a woman’s ovaries, which, if fertilized, forms the basis for the developing organism.

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Ovum

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down which the ovum travels to the uterus and in which conception usually occurs.

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Uterus

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These cells, unlike all other cells of the body, contain only 23 chromosomes rather than 23 pairs. The only cells that do not contain 46 chromosomes are the sperm and the ovum, collectively

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GAMETES

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is the chemical of which chromosomes are composed.

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DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID

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is released from an ovary roughly midway between two menstrual periods.

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OVUM

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process in which gametes divide as all other cells do

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MITOSIS

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The first step in the development of a human being

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CONCEPTION

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he failure to conceive after 12 consecutive months of unprotected intercourse

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INFERTILITY

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A uniquely coded segment of DNA in a chromosome that affects one or more specific body processes or developments; the string of DNA that makes up each chromosome can be subdivided further into segments

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GENES

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Term describing the genetic pattern when the two genes in the pair at any given genetic locus both carry the same instructions.

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HOMOZYGOUS

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Term describing the genetic pattern when the two genes in the pair at any given genetic locus carry different instructions, such as a gene for blue eyes from one parent and a gene for brown eyes from the other parent.

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HETEROZYGOUS

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The pattern of characteristics and developmental sequences mapped in the genes of any specific individual, which will be modified by individual experience into the phenotype.

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GENOTYPE

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The expression of a particular set of genetic information in a specific environment; the observable result of the joint operation of genetic and environmental influences.

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PHENOTYPE

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The phenotype is a product of three things

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the genotype, environmental influences from the time of conception onward,and the interaction between the two

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The pattern of genetic transmission in which a single dominant gene influences a person’s phenotype, but an individual must have two recessive genes to express a recessive trait.

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Dominant/Recessive pattern of inheritance

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Any pattern of genetic transmission in which multiple genes contribute to the outcome, such as is presumed to occur for complex traits such as intelligence or temperament.

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Polygenic Pattern of Inheritance

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The pattern of genetic transmission in which both genes and environment influence the phenotype.

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Multifactorial Pattern Of Inheritance

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a term that simply means that the same gene may be expressed differently in two individuals who have it.

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Expressivity

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in which some genes are biochemically marked at the time ova and sperm develop in the bodies of potential mothers and fathers

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Genomic Imprinting

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children inherit genes located outside the nucleus of the zygote

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Mitochondrial Inheritance

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These genes are carried in structures called ---- that are found in the fluid that surrounds the nucleus of the ovum before it is fertilized.

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Mitochondria

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Children carried in the same pregnancy but who develop from two separately fertilized ova. They are no more alike genetically than other pairs of siblings.

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Fraternal (dizygotic) Twins

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Children carried in the same pregnancy who develop from the same fertilized ovum. They are genetic clones of each other.

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Identical (monozygotic) Twins

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the first stage of prenatal development, beginning at conception and ending at implantation of the zygote in the uterus (approximately the first 2 weeks).

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germinal stage

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Name for the mass of cells from roughly 4 to 10 days after fertilization

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Blastocyst

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The name given to the developing organism during the period of prenatal development between about 2 weeks and 8 weeks after conception, beginning with implantation of the blastocyst in the uterine wall.

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Embryo

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The second stage of prenatal development, from week 2 through week 8, when the embryo’s organs form.

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Embryonic stage

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The sac, or bag, filled with liquid in which the embryo/fetus floats during prenatal life

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Amnion

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The outer layer of cells of the blastocyst during prenatal development, from which both the placenta and the umbilical cord are formed.

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Chorion

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An organ that develops between the fetus and the wall of the uterus during gestation.

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Placenta

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The cord connecting the embryo/fetus to the placenta, containing two arteries and one vein.

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Umbilical cord

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The name given to the developing organism from about 8 weeks after conception until birth.

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fetus

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The third stage of prenatal development, from week 8 to birth, when growth and organ refinement take place

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fetal stage

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The fetus’s capacity for survival outside the womb.

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viability

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The cells in the nervous system that are responsible for transmission and reception of nerve impulses.

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neurons

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The rapid development of neurons between the 10th and 18th week of gestation.

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neuronal proliferation

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The movement of neurons to specialized regions of the brain

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neuronal migration

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The part of the cell that contains the nucleus and in which all the cell’s vital functions are carried out.

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CELL BODY

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Tiny spaces across which neural impulses flow from one neuron to the next

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Synapses

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Tail-like extensions of neurons.

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Axons

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Branchlike protrusions from the cell bodies of neurons.

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Dendrites

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appears between the 10th and 15th week. Its presence signals the beginning of sleep stages in the fetal brain

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Fetal yawning

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The “glue” that holds neurons together to give form to the structures of the nervous system.

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glial cells

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Substances such as viruses and drugs or events that can cause birth defects.

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Teratogens

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involves insertion of a tiny camera into the womb to directly observe fetal development

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Fetoscopy

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is a condition in which an individual has three copies of a particular autosome.

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