2010 BGD Practical 12 - Third Trimester

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Practical 12: Embryo to Fetus | Second Trimester | Third Trimester | Birth | Neonatal | Abnormalities


Introduction

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Practical 12: Embryo to Fetus | Second Trimester | Third Trimester | Birth | Neonatal | Abnormalities


Additional Information

Third Trimester

(Clinical Week 28)


Week
Stage
Event
Clinical third trimester Fetal size change.jpg Sense - Hearing 3rd Trimester - vibration acoustically of maternal abdominal wall induces startle respone in fetus.
27
 
28
  Respire Month 7 - respiratory bronchioles proliferate and end in alveolar ducts and sacs
29
 
30
   

Genital male gonad (testes) descending

31
 
32
   
33
  Neural brain cortical sulcation - primary sulci present PMID:11158907
34
  Neural brain cortical sulcation - insular, cingular, and occipital secondary sulci present PMID:11158907
35
   
36
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37
   
38
Birth Newborn.jpg 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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