Unit 2 Section 1 Prenatal Review

What does an amniocentisis do?

• detects skeletal defects

• tests the amniotic fluid surrounding the fetus

• tests the membrane tissue around the fetus

What does an ultrasound do?

• detects skeletal defects

• tests the amniotic fluid surrounding the fetus

• tests the membrane tissue around the fetus

What does chorionic villi sampling do?

• detects skeletal defects

• tests the amniotic fluid surrounding the fetus

• tests the membrane tissue around the fetus

When are couples who are trying to conceive considered infertile?

• one month - six months

• six months - one year

• one year - eighteen months

• eighteen months - two years

Which option would NOT help a woman whose trying to conceive, but her fallopian tubes are damaged?

• adoption

• artificial insemination

• in vitro fertilization

• ovum transfer

The natural ending of a pregnancy before 20 weeks is called __?__.

• in vitro fertilization

• miscarriage

• surrogate

• stillbirth

The chromosome that determines the sex of the baby is carried by the __?__.

• male

• female

• 23

• XY

In __?__, the egg is fertilized in a petri dish and then implanted in the uterus.

• surrogate

• artificial insemination

• adoption

• in vitro fertilization

A birth __?__ present when a baby is born, may not be apparent for months or years.

• mark

• defect

• disorder

• plan

When an individual receives two genes for a characteristic, the __?__ is the weaker one.

• dominant

• recessive

• male

• female