ECE I Conception

Smallest unit of life that is able to reproduce itself.

• Amnion

• Cell

• chorion

• zygote

Traits that are passed down through genes

• Fraternal

• Genetic factors

• Identical

• Quickening

Term used to describe children from multiple pregnancies who develop from one fertilized ovum and have the same genetic makeup

• fraternal

• genetic factors

• identical

• quickening

Development that takes place between conception and birth

• ovum

• placenta

• prenatal develpment

• umbilical cord

Organ filled with blood vessels that nourish the baby in the uterus

• ovum

• placenta

• prenatal development

• umbilical cord

Cord that connects the baby to the placenta

• ovum

• placenta

• prenatal development

• umbilical cord

Term used to describe children from multiple pregnancies who develop from one fertilized ova and differ in genetic makeup

• fraternal

• genetic factors

• identical

• quickening

Term used to describe a baby who weighs less than 5.5 pounds at birth

• Congenital problems

• Low birth weight

• Miscarriage

• Stillbirth

Loss of fetus after 20 weeks of pregnancy

• Congenital problems

• Low Birth weight

• Miscarriage

• Stillbirth

Doctors who specialize in pregnancy and birth are called

• Gynecologists

• Internists

• Obstericians

• Pediatricians