Skip to main content
Social Sci LibreTexts

3.1: Prenatal Development - What Will You Learn?

  • Page ID
    69362
  • \( \newcommand{\vecs}[1]{\overset { \scriptstyle \rightharpoonup} {\mathbf{#1}} } \) \( \newcommand{\vecd}[1]{\overset{-\!-\!\rightharpoonup}{\vphantom{a}\smash {#1}}} \)\(\newcommand{\id}{\mathrm{id}}\) \( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\) \( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\) \( \newcommand{\range}{\mathrm{range}\,}\) \( \newcommand{\RealPart}{\mathrm{Re}}\) \( \newcommand{\ImaginaryPart}{\mathrm{Im}}\) \( \newcommand{\Argument}{\mathrm{Arg}}\) \( \newcommand{\norm}[1]{\| #1 \|}\) \( \newcommand{\inner}[2]{\langle #1, #2 \rangle}\) \( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\) \(\newcommand{\id}{\mathrm{id}}\) \( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\) \( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\) \( \newcommand{\range}{\mathrm{range}\,}\) \( \newcommand{\RealPart}{\mathrm{Re}}\) \( \newcommand{\ImaginaryPart}{\mathrm{Im}}\) \( \newcommand{\Argument}{\mathrm{Arg}}\) \( \newcommand{\norm}[1]{\| #1 \|}\) \( \newcommand{\inner}[2]{\langle #1, #2 \rangle}\) \( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\)\(\newcommand{\AA}{\unicode[.8,0]{x212B}}\)

    After reading "Prenatal Development" you should be able to:

    1. Explain what genes and chromosomes are and how they are related.
    2. Define gamete.
    3. Explain what determines the chromosomal sex of the child.
    4. Question the assertion that human traits are genetic.
    5. Differentiate between the germinal, embryonic, and fetal periods of development.
    6. Describe human development during the germinal, embryonic, and fetal periods.
    7. Describe delivery and complications of pregnancy and delivery.
    8. Discuss the risks associated with exposure to common teratogens.
    9. Explain what an APGAR score is.
    A man holds a small baby.
    Figure 3.1.1. (Unsplash License; Jude Beck via Unsplash)

    3.1: Prenatal Development - What Will You Learn? is shared under a not declared license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by LibreTexts.

    • Was this article helpful?