homework in the womb

Homework: In the Womb

Instruction: Please look through these questions before starting to watch the “In the Womb”
video. As you watch the video, type up your answers to the questions that are related to the
video. Next, mark the questions that have not been answered yet, and look for the answers in the
textbook. The answers to some of the questions can be found in both the video and the textbook.
When you have finished answering all the answers, go to the “Homework: In the Womb” page
and submit your completed question sheet.
1. What is a zygote? (textbook)
2. What is a blastocyst?
3. What does the placenta do?
4. When does the heart begin to beat?
5. What are the purposes of an ultrasound scan?
6. When do the genitals develop enough to be seen in ultrasound? (based on the textbook)
7. What is the importance of movement and reflexes in the womb?
8. In which period of prenatal development do most of the organs and body structure
develop?
9. When can the mother first begin to feel fetal movement?
10. When do the different senses develop?
11. Why are the swallowing and sucking reflexes important?
12. How does a mother’s stress affect the fetus?
13. When are fetuses considered full‐term versus premature (or preterm)?
14. When can a fetus survive outside of the womb (age of viability)?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gAsdEUNUJY