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20 Cards in this Set
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Amnion
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An extra embryonic membrane that encircles a developing fetus and contains amniotic fluid choir
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Chorion
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Extra embryonic membrane that forms the outermost covering around a fetus and contributes to formation of the placenta
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Cleavage
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Early successive divisions if the blastocyst cells into smaller and smaller cells
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Embryo
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A prenatal stage of development after germ layers from and rudiments of all organs are present
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Fertilization
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The union of an egg cell and sperm cell
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Fetus
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A human embryo after 8 weeks of development
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Neonatal
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The first four weeks of life
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Placenta
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Structure that attaches the fetus to the uterine wall, providing for delivery of nutrients to and removal of wastes from the fetus
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Postnatal
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After birth
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Prenatal
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Before birth
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Umbilical cord
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Cordlike structure that connects the fetus to the placenta
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Zygote
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Cell produced when an egg and a sperm fuse; fertilized egg cell
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To be born
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Cleave-
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To divid
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Troph-
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Nurture
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Lacun-
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Pool
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Allant-
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Sausage
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Umbil-
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Navel
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Morul-
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Mulberry
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Chorio-
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Skin
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