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Stage
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Event
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Clinical third trimester
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hearing 3rd Trimester - vibration acoustically of maternal abdominal wall induces startle respone in fetus.
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27
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28
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respiratory Month 7 - respiratory bronchioles proliferate and end in alveolar ducts and sacs
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29
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tooth Week 29 - Permanent premolars (correspond to the milk molars) appear.
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30
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Genital male gonad (testes) descending
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31
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32
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nail fingernails reach digit tip
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33
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neural brain cortical sulcation - primary sulci present[1]
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34
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neural brain cortical sulcation - insular, cingular, and occipital secondary sulci present[1]
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35
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36
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Nail Development toenails reach digit tip
Lens Development - lens growth and interocular distance plateaus after 36 weeks of gestation[2]
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37
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38
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Birth
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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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