Template:Fetal Tongue Circumference table

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Fetal Tongue Circumference
Fertilisation Age
(weeks)
Gestational Age
GA (weeks)
Mean Circumference
(mm)
12 14 28
13 15 33
14 16 36
15 17 37
16 18 43
17 19 48
18 20 51
19 21 55
20 22 58
21 23 62
22 24 64
23 25 70
24 26 73
Table data[1] Tongue circumference measured by transvaginal ultrasonography between 14 and 17 GA weeks, and by abdominal ultrasound between 18 and 26 GA weeks of gestation.
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  1. Achiron R, Ben Arie A, Gabbay U, Mashiach S, Rotstein Z & Lipitz S. (1997). Development of the fetal tongue between 14 and 26 weeks of gestation: in utero ultrasonographic measurements. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol , 9, 39-41. PMID: 9060129 DOI.