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Fetal Development

Introduction

The fetal period (9-36 weeks) is about continued differentiation of organs and tissues, most importantly this period is about growth both in size and weight.

Many different systems formed in the embryonic period (organogenesis) grow and differentiate further during the fetal period and do so at different times. For example, the brain continues to grow and develop extensively during this period (and postnatally), the respiratory system differentiates (and completes only just before birth), the urogenital system further differentiates between male/female, endocrine and gastrointestinal tract begins to function.

Textbooks

Human Embryology (3rd ed.) Larson Ch15: Fetal development and the Fetus as Patient p481-499
The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology (6th ed.) Moore and Persaud
Color Atlas of Clinical Embryology (2nd ed.) Moore, Persaud and Shiota Ch3: 9th to 38th weeks of human development p50-68

Fetal Size

Fetal Weight

Fetal Neural

Fetal Cardiovascular

Fetal Genital

Glossary Links

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Course Content 2009

Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, May 5) Embryology 2009 Lecture 22. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/2009_Lecture_22

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