PSYC 2110 Chapter Notes -Carbon Paper, Aspirin, Intrauterine Growth Restriction

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2110
• Professor: Gillian Wu

Document Summary

Prenatal development: the process that takes place from conception until birth: an embryo becomes a fetus at 8 weeks (a full month before the women enters her 2nd trimester. While the zygote is moving down the fallopian tube it will go through mitosis. Umbilical cord: connects the embryo to the placenta transports waste away from the embryo and allows the oxygen delivered from the mother to get to the embryo (important for metabolic fns) Limbs develop from the body outward; i. e. last part of the arm to form are the fingers (same goes for the legs) The period of the fetus (the last 7 months of pregnancy) All major organs are functioning at the beginning of this period and can move, sense and behave also gives rise to individuality since the fetus creates different movement patterns and can express facial expression. Connections bw different organs are starting i. e. nervous and motor system and the digestive and excretory systems.