The nurse understands that prenatal growth and development proceed in a cephalocaudal pattern,
meaning that
The brain will develop first
One of the assessments performed in the delivery room is checking the umbilical cord for blood vessels.
Which finding is considered to be within normal limits?
Two arteries and one vein
Which part of the mature sperm contains the male chromosomes? The head of the sperm
Dizygotic twins develop from
two fertilized ova and may be the same sex or different sexes.
Monozygotic twins are
from a single fertilized ovum and are always the same sex The cheese-like covering over the fetus is
called
vernix caseosa.
The first sensation of fetal movement detected by the woman is called quickening.
The surface-active lipid that is produced by a fetus is called surfactant.