MCQ MAHE 2000 Obstetrics And Gynecology Answer 04

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DEFINITIONS OF DEVELOPMENTAL PERIODS

1. Embryonic period - 0-8th week (technically weeks 3-8); mass increases about a million-fold; involves fertilization, cleavage, gastrulation, organogenesis.

2. Fetal period - 9th week to birth; period of significant growth; mass increases about 1000-fold.

3. Post-natal period - birth to death; mass increases about 20-fold. Significant development occurs after birth (eg. the brain triples in weight during the first 16 years of life).

4. Neonatal period – the first month after birth.

5. Perinatal period – roughly 26weeks gestation to the end of the first month after birth.

6. Infancy – roughly the first year after birth.


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