2010 BGD Practical 12 - Third Trimester
Practical 12: Embryo to Fetus | Second Trimester | Third Trimester | Birth | Neonatal | Abnormalities
Introduction
- Fetal Neural
- Fetal Respiratory
- Fetal Cardiovascular
- fetal weight
- fetal origins hypothesis
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Practical 12: Embryo to Fetus | Second Trimester | Third Trimester | Birth | Neonatal | Abnormalities
Additional Information
The following information is a detailed timeline of third trimester development and content does not form part of the current practical class.
Third Trimester
(Clinical Week 28)
Event | ||
Clinical third trimester | Sense - Hearing 3rd Trimester - vibration acoustically of maternal abdominal wall induces startle respone in fetus. | |
Respire Month 7 - respiratory bronchioles proliferate and end in alveolar ducts and sacs | ||
Genital male gonad (testes) descending | ||
Neural brain cortical sulcation - primary sulci present PMID:11158907 | ||
Neural brain cortical sulcation - insular, cingular, and occipital secondary sulci present PMID:11158907 | ||
Birth | Clinical Week 40
Heart pressure difference closes foramen ovale leaving a fossa ovalis Thyroid TSH levels increase, thyroxine (T3) and T4 levels increase to 24 h, then 5-7 days postnatal decline to normal levels Adrenal - zona glomerulosa, zona fasiculata present
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