Chapter 03 Prenatal Development and Birth

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

Multiple Choice Questions

_____ occurs when a single sperm cell from the male unites with an ovum (egg) in the female’s fallopian tube in a process called fertilization.

Ovulation

Meiosis

Conception

Mitosis

 

 

APA LO: 1.1
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 3.1: Describe prenatal development, including environmental influences.
Topic: Germinal period

 

Typical prenatal development lasts between:

38 to 40 weeks.

24 to 30 weeks.

28 to 33 weeks.

20 to 28 weeks.

 

 

APA LO: 1.1
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 3.1: Describe prenatal development, including environmental influences.
Topic: Germinal period

 

Which of the following identifies the order of the three periods of prenatal development in the correct sequence?

Fertile; embryonic; postterm

Preterm; germinal; postterm

Gestational; germinal; postnatal

Germinal; embryonic; fetal

 

 

APA LO: 1.1
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 3.1: Describe prenatal development, including environmental influences.
Topic: Germinal period

 

Rachel is in the first period of prenatal development. This scenario indicates the _____ of prenatal development.

fetal period

embryonic period

implantation period

germinal period

 

 

APA LO: 1.3
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Apply
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: 3.1: Describe prenatal development, including environmental influences.
Topic: Germinal period

 

The germinal period of development takes place in the _____ after conception.

first two weeks

first two months

first three months

first seven weeks

 

 

APA LO: 1.1
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 3.1: Describe prenatal development, including environmental influences.
Topic: Germinal period

 

An egg is fertilized in the _____ period of prenatal development.

fetal

embryonic

implantation

germinal

 

 

APA LO: 1.1
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 3.1: Describe prenatal development, including environmental influences.
Topic: Germinal period