C3-Prenatal+Development

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=__ Prenatal Development and Birth __=

=Conception and Genetics=

Process of Conception
Chromosomes Gametes Zygote Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) Genes Gonads Multiple Births

How Genes Influence Development
Genotype Phenotype Dominant-Recessive Pattern Polygenic Inheritance Multifactorial Inheritance

=Genetic and Chromosomal Disorders=

Genetic Disorders
Phenylketonuria Sickle-cell disease Tay-sachs disease Huntington's disease Hemophilia Fragile-X syndrome

Chromosomal Errors
Down Syndrome Klinefelter's syndrome Thurner's syndrome

=Pregnancy and Prenatal Development=

Prenatal development
Cephalocaudal pattern Proximodistal pattern Germinal stage Implantation Placenta Umbilical cord Amnion Embryonic stage Neurons Organogenesis Fetal stage Viability Cell body Synapses Axons Dendrites Glial cells

=Problems in Prenatal Development=

How Teratogens Influence Development
Teratogens

Drugs, Tobacco, and Alcohol
Fetal alchohol syndrome (FAS)

=Birth and the Neonate=

The Physical Process of Birth
The physical process of birth ( Videos) Cesarean section (c-section) Anoxia

Assessing the Neonate
Neonate

Low Birth weight and Preterm Birth
Low Birth Weight (LBW)

Other words relevant to the Chapter
Cytogenetics Cytomegalovirus