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Order early developmentRead the answer and worked solution →Order the path to birthRead the answer and worked solution →Match the shunt to its bypassRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: birth and milkRead the answer and worked solution →Which is greater?Read the answer and worked solution →Fill in the birth factsRead the answer and worked solution →

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Order early development

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Steps
  1. Zygote
  2. Morula
  3. Blastocyst
  4. Implantation
  5. Gastrulation (three germ layers form)
  6. Organogenesis
Instructions
Tap the early stages of embryonic development into order.
_Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology (CC BY 4.0), Ch 28, §Pre-implantation Embryonic Development & §Embryogenesis, p.1325-1335_

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Order the path to birth

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Steps
  1. Braxton Hicks contractions (false labor)
  2. Bloody show
  3. Cervical dilation to 10 cm
  4. Rupture of amniotic membranes
  5. Expulsion of the newborn
  6. Delivery of the placenta (afterbirth)
Instructions
Tap the events leading up to and through childbirth into order.
_Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology (CC BY 4.0), Ch 28, §Physiology of Labor & §Stages of Childbirth, p.1344-1346_

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Match the shunt to its bypass

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Matching pairs
  1. Left
    Ductus venosus
    Right
    Bypasses the immature liver
  2. Left
    Foramen ovale
    Right
    Bypasses the lungs at the atrial level
  3. Left
    Ductus arteriosus
    Right
    Bypasses the lungs at the arterial level
  4. Left
    Umbilical vein
    Right
    Carries oxygenated blood from placenta to fetus
  5. Left
    Umbilical arteries
    Right
    Carry deoxygenated blood from fetus to placenta
Instructions
Tap each fetal structure, then tap what it does.
_Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology (CC BY 4.0), Ch 28, §The Fetal Circulatory System, p.1338-1339_

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