embryology quiz 1 QUESTIONS WITH WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS subdivisions of embryology descriptive comparative experimental descriptive embryology study of the mechanisms of development comparative embryology study that compares the development of one

embryology quiz 1 QUESTIONS WITH WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS
subdivisions of embryology

descriptive

comparative

experimental

descriptive embryology

study of the mechanisms of development

comparative embryology

study that compares the development of one species to that of another species

experimental embryology

- study of external factors on development

- only area of embryology with active research

embryon

something that swells in the body

prenatal period

- before birth

- embryonic and fetal periods

embryonic period

0-8 weeks (most during weeks 3-8)

fetal period

8 weeks to birth

postnatal period

- after birth

- infancy, childhood, puberty, adolescence, adulthood

infancy

- 0-1 year

, - first 4 weeks = neonatal period

childhood

1-13 years

puberty

girls: 12-15 years

boys: 13-16 years

adolescence

- 12-17 years

- ability to reproduce

adulthood

18-death

ventral

toward the belly

dorsal

toward the back

cranial

toward the head

caudal

toward the tail

rostral

toward the nose

median (midsagittal) plane

equal right and left halves

sagittal plane

right and left sections

transverse plane (cross section)