Describe fetal development.
Description should include
- monthly development of a fetus
- development of chorion and amnion
- risk factors at each stage
- methods to assess fetal well-being.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What is one key event of fetal development that occurs in each lunar month?
- How do the chorion and amnion develop?
- What are the four functions of the amniotic fluid and abnormalities of the amniotic fluid?
- What are the four functions of the placenta and abnormalities of the placenta?
- What are the physiological and environmental risk factors at each stage of fetal development?
- What are the various techniques used to assess fetal well-being, such as amniocentesis, ultrasound, and stress-nonstress testing?