Fertilization, Development, and Birth
• What are the 3 different stages of development? (pre-embryonic, embryonic, and fetal)
• What is the chorion?
• What are the chorionic villi?
• What is the amnion?
• What is amniotic fluid?
• What is the yolk sac?
• What is gastrulation?
• What are the primary germ layers and what do they give rise to?
• What is the placenta?
• What is the vernix caseosa?
• What is lanugo?
• What is colostrum?
• What is an ultrasound?
• What is amniocentesis?
• What is chorionic villi sampling?
• What is gestational diabetes, and what can cause it?
• What is gestational hypertension, and what can cause it?
• What are striae gravidarium?
• What is the pituitary response to the pressure of the baby's head on the cervix?
• What are the 3 stages of birth
• What are some of the effects of placental hormones on the mother before birth? (progesterone, estrogen, and peptide hormones) [Table 8.2]
• What is prolactin?
• What are some of the pros and cons to breast-feeding as discussed in class and in the "special interest" reading on Pg 139?
• What is a breech birth?
• What is "external cephalic version"?
• What is a cesarean section?
• What can Rh Disease cause in the fetus?

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