Stages of Prenatal Development Quiz

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Stages of Prenatal Development Quiz
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Directions Match the stage of prenatal
development with the statement.

1. Period of the Zygote
2. Period of the Embryo
3. Period of the Fetus

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What Stage of Prenatal Development?

1. The fertilized egg is about the size of a
   pinhead.
2. The baby begins to add fat beneath the skin
3. A sac of amniotic fluid forms.
4. The baby assumes the fetal position
5. The baby begins to move quickening occurs.
6. The fertilized egg passes through the Fallopian
   tube
7. Bones and organs begin to form.

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• 8. Conception takes place
• 9. The heartbeat can be heard through a
  stethoscope
• 10. The face and limbs begin to take shape
• 11. The fertilized egg attaches itself to the
  lining of the uterus
• 12. The baby is upside down, with its head
  nestled in the mothers pelvis
• 13. The unborn baby begins to suck its thumb,
  cough, sneeze, and yawn.
• 14. The fertilized egg begins to grow by the
  process of cell division.
• 15. Nourishment begins to pass from the placenta
  through the umbilical cord.