PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT

 conception marks the

beginning of
development.
 zygote, a one celled
organism.
 after conception, all
body cells except
gametes contains 23
pairs of chromosomes.
THREE STAGES OF
DEVELOPMENT
 A 10MM EMBRYO FROM AN ECTOPIC PREGNANCY, STILL IN
A SIX WEEK EMBRYONIC AGE OR EIGHT WEEK THE OVIDUCT. THIS EMBRYO IS ABOUT FIVE WEEKS OLD
GESTATIONAL AGE INTACT EMBRYONIC HUMAN. (OR FROM THE SEVENTH WEEK OF MENSTRUAL AGE).
 This embryo is also from an
ectopic pregnancy, this one in the cornu
(the part of the uterus to which the
Fetus at 8 weeks after fertilization. Fallopian tube is attached). The features
are consistent with a developmental age of
seven weeks (reckoned as the ninth week
of pregnancy).
Fetus at 18 weeks after fertilization. Fetus at 38 weeks after fertilization.
 during the 3rd week of pregnancy the baby’s
brain form to a cell.

 during weeks 13-16, a child’s first brain waves

become detectable

 the baby can also begin to hear sounds in the

second trimester.