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DEVELOPMENT AND INHERITANCE
STUDY QUESTIONS
1. What happens to the urine excreted by the fetus when the kidneys begin to function?
2. Describe how the newborn’s first breath alters the circulatory pattern.
3. Why would a premature infant require supplemental oxygen?
4. Sperm must first complete ________ to enable the fertilization of an oocyte.
5. Newborns are at much higher risk for dehydration than adults. Why?
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embryo at the end of 7 weeks of development is only 10 mm in length, but its develop ng eyes, limb buds, and tail are already visible. (This embryo was derived from an ec-
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SECTION OBJECTIVE
1. List and explain the steps involved in fertilization
2. Describe the major events in embryonic development
3. Describe the major events in fetal development
4. Discuss the adaptations of a woman’s body to pregnancy
5. Describe the physiologic adjustments that the newborn must make in the first hours of extrauterine life
6. Summarize the physiology of lactation
7. Classify and describe the different patterns of inheritance
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