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| Assess the clinical relevance of the skull having the largest circumference of all parts of the body at the end of the ninth month. |
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| Important for its passage through the birth canal. |
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| Month when movement of the fetus can be felt. |
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| Month face becomes human looking. |
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| Month limbs reach their relative length |
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| Month muscular activity begins |
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| Month sex of the fetus can be determined by ultrasound |
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| When does the fetus achieve 90% survival rate. |
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| 6.5-7 months due to dev't of respiratory system, CNS, and subcutaneous fat deposition. |
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| Describe the transformation of the uterine spiral arteries that results in increased maternal blood flow into the lacunar or intervillous spaces. |
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Epithelial-to endothelial transition.
Vessels from small diameter, high resistance vessels to large diameter, low resistance vessels. |
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| Frequently the syncytium becomes very thin, and large pieces containing several nuclei may break off and drop into the intervillous blood lakes. Signify placental hyperplasia and maturity. |
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| Summary of trophoblastic disorder that causes preeclampsia. |
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| Related to failed or incomplete differentiation of cytotrophoblast cells, from epithelial to endothelial. Invasion of maternal blood vessels is rudimentary. |
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| Causes for trophoblastic disorder that causes preeclampsia. |
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| Placental mosaicism (genetic defects in trophoblasts) Maternal diseases (vascular problems like diabetes) |
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| Clinical outcomes of trophoblastic disorder that causes preeclampsia. |
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| Fetal growth retardation, fetal death, death of the mother. |
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| Origin of the decidual plate. |
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| Decidua basalis = mother. |
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| Origin of the chorionic plate. |
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| Chorion frondosum = fetus. |
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| Maternal side of the placenta. |
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| Endothelial lining of fetal vessels --> a layer of cytotrophoblast --> a layer of synctiotrophoblast |
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| The consequence of a short-term interruption in oxygen delivery to the fetus. |
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| Compare rates of passage across the placental barrier by viruses, drugs, and most maternal hormones. |
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| Viruses, and drugs cross without difficulty. Most maternal hormones do not cross. |
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| Passive Immunity of the fetus. |
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| Maternal IgG is transported from mother to fetus. |
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| Source of placental hormone production |
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| Placenta-derived estrogen actions |
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| Stimulate uterine growth and dev't of mammary glands. |
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| Gives fetus priority on glucose from maternal blood and promotes breast dev't for milk production. |
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