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What are the phases of the ovarian cycle? - ✔✔- Follicular phase
- Luteal phase
What are the phases of the uterine cycle? - ✔✔- Menstrual phase
- Proliferation phase
- Secretory phase
- Ischemic phase
What is the midpoint between the ovarian and uterine cycles? - ✔✔-
ovulation
What happens to the egg from fertilization through the second week? - ✔✔-
The zygote becomes the morula, which becomes the blastocyst, which
becomes the trophoblast, which becomes the embryo
,What is the embryonic stage? - ✔✔- end of 2nd week through the 8th week
- basic structures of major body organs and main external features
What is the fetal stage? - ✔✔- End of the 8th week until birth at 37-40
weeks
- rapid growth of organs and systems
- "Practice" functioning of systems
Which system develops first, and when does it begin to function? - ✔✔- first
to develop
- primitive function by 4 weeks
What are the bypass pathways? - ✔✔- ductus arteriosus
- ductus venosus
- Foramen ovale
What is the ductus arteriosus? - ✔✔- pulmonary artery to the aorta
,What is the ductus venosus? - ✔✔- umbilical vein to inferior vena cava
What is the foramen ovale? - ✔✔- it is the hole between the right and left
atria
What are the accessory structures? - ✔✔- Placenta
- Umbilical cord
- Embryonic membranes
- Amniotic fluid
What does the placenta do? - ✔✔- Gas exchange: oxygen in, carbon
dioxide out
- Nutrition
- Production of hormones
- Transfer immunoglobulins & antibodies
, What is the placenta and what is AVA? - ✔✔- lifeline between the
embryo/fetus and the placenta
- AVA is 2 arteries and one vein
What are the embryonic membranes? - ✔✔- amnion and chorion form the
amniotic sac
What does the amniotic fluid do? - ✔✔- cushion the cord and fetus to
protect from trauma
- allows for fetal movement and promote symmetrical growth
- Controls body temp
- Provides oral intake and practice swallowing
- Supplies fetal skin/DNA samples for prenatal testing
- Required for fetal lung development
What are the pregnancy homrones? - ✔✔- hCG