Chapter 5.1

Period of three months

• noninvasive

• age of viability

• botanist

• trimester

Contains three blood vessels that connect the baby to the placenta

• fetal stage

• cell

• abnormalities

• umbilical cord

Female sex cell; also called the egg

• zygote
• ovum

• sperm
• embryo

Development that takes place between conception and birth.

• adolescent development
• postnatal development
• geriatric development
• prenatal development

Medical term used to describe the unborn baby in the embryonic stage of development- weeks three through eight of pregnancy

• embryo
• blastocyst
• zygote
• fetus

Organ in which the baby develops and is protected until birth.

• ovary
• stomach
• uterus
• liver

Outermost membrane that surrounds the baby in the uterus

• amnion

• chorion

• umbilical cord
• cervix

Movements of the fetus that can be felt by the birthing person.

• ovum

• trimester

• quickening

• age of viability

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

• placenta
• umbilical cord
• amniotic sac
• fallopian tube

Single cell formed at conception; also called a fertilized egg.

• blastocyst
• zygote
• embryo
• gamete