BIOL 233 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Asthma, Postpartum Depression
25 Dec 2020
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Preterm delivery/preterm infant: a delivery that occurs before the thirty-seventh week of gestation. Placenta: the organ formed during pregnancy that produces hormones for the maintenance of pregnancy and across which oxygen and nutrients are transferred from mother to infant; it also allows waste materials to be transferred from infant to mother. Embryo: (stage): stage between the time of implantation through the seventh or eighth week; the major state of major organ system differentiation and development of main external features. Fetus: (stage): period rapid growth from the end of the embryonic stage until birth. Lactation: the process of synthesizing and secreting breast milk. Fetal alcohol syndrome: a set of physical and mental abnormalities observed in infants born to women who abuse alcohol during pregnancy; affected individuals exhibit poor growth, characteristic abnormal facial features, limited hand-eye coordination, and mental retardation. Gestational diabetes: a condition that results in high blood glucose levels during pregnancy.
