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True or False?
Approximately 3 days after fertilisation, the fertilised egg divides for the first time |
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Definition
False
the first division takes place approximately 1 day after fertilisation |
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Term
True or False?
the inner cells (mass cells) of the developing blastocyst are stem cells and can grown inot any part of the human body |
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Definition
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Term
True or False?
15 days after fertilisation, the blastocyst arrives in the uterus |
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Definition
False
this occurs about 7 days after fertilisation |
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Term
True or False?
In the 3rd week, the neural tube develops |
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Definition
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Term
True or False?
The nerve cells start to form at 8 weeks? |
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Definition
False
they start to form 15 days after fertilisation |
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Term
True or False?
After 15 weeks, the placenta takes over from the yolk sac for supplying the developing baby with food, oxygen and water? |
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Definition
False
this occurs after 8 weeks |
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Term
True or False?
Alcohol and nicotine can pass via the placenta to the developing baby |
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Definition
| True they can pass. smoking is bad |
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Term
True or False?
Ultrasound waves are very low frequency waves which pass from the probe through the body |
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Definition
False
they are very HIGH frequency sound waves |
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Term
True or False?
The stepping reflex first appears at 16weeks |
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Definition
False
it appears at 11 weeks |
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Term
True or False?
The second trimester refers to the middle three months of pregnancy? |
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Definition
True
this does refer to the middle 3 months |
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Term
True or False?
At 16 weeks old, the nervous system is working and bones are hardening |
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Definition
True
yup and yup bones are also hardening |
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Term
True or False?
Feet develop before hands |
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Definition
False
Hands before feet baby! |
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Term
True or False?
At 16 weeks old, the heart contractions are under control from the brain and the heart beats at 140-150 beats per minute |
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Definition
| this is astoundingly True! |
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Term
True or False?
Non identical twins can play with one another in the womb |
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Definition
False
this only occurs with identical twins. Non identical twins are seperated by a membrane |
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Term
True or False?
At 18 weeks, the baby starts to urinate into the amniotic fluid |
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Definition
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Term
True or False?
24 weeks of development is the earliest that a baby can be born with good chances of survival |
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Definition
True
babies of 22 weeks gestation can survive but the risks are great |
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Term
True or False?
At 26 weeks, babies sleeo 90% of the time? |
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Definition
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Term
True or False?
At 35 weeks memory starts to develop |
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Definition
False
this occurs sooner at 28 weeks |
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Term
True or False?
Eyelashes do not grown until the baby is born |
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Definition
False
they have grown by 25 weeks |
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Term
True or False?
One of the factors in deciding when labour begins is the maturity of the lungs |
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Definition
True
mature lungs secrete a protein into the amniotic fluid which inhibits progesterone and stimulates oxytonin release which starts uterine contractions |
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Term
True or False?
When the cervix has dilated 20cm, it is wide enough for the baby's head to pass through |
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Definition
False
full dilation of the cervix is at 10cm |
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