Environmental toxicants and fetal development is the impact of different toxic substances from the environment on the development of the fetus. This article...

Environmental toxicants and fetal development This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Environmental toxicant. If an internal...

was born with fetal alcohol syndrome, which he calls "the Drome". Smoking and pregnancy Environmental toxicants and fetal development Long-term effects...

carcinogens. Exposure to toxicants during the second and third trimesters of a pregnancy can lead to slow fetal growth and result in low birth weight...

fetal heartbeat and uterine contractions during pregnancy and labour. The machine used to perform the monitoring is called a cardiotocograph. Fetal heart...

normal and abnormal fetal development. The difference in methylation of specific DNA sequences between mother and fetus can be used to identify fetal-specific...

plasma, and passes through the fetal membranes by osmotic and hydrostatic forces. When fetal kidneys begin to function around week 16, fetal urine also...

mass will give rise to the pre-embryo, the amnion, yolk sac and allantois, while the fetal part of the placenta will form from the outer trophoblast layer...

extremely toxic, and its derivatives are the major source of organic mercury for humans. It is a bioaccumulative environmental toxicant with a 50-day half-life...

typically includes: Fetal number, including number of amnionic sacs and chorionic sacs for multiple gestations Fetal cardiac activity Fetal position relative...

Following embryonic development, the fetal stage of development takes place. In human prenatal development, fetal development begins from the ninth...

to assess fetal status by means of the fetal heart rate and its responsiveness. A cardiotocograph is used to monitor the fetal heart rate and presence...

agent to adversely affect both male and female fertility as well as offspring development. Reproductive toxicants may adversely affect sexual function...

maternal and fetal health during pregnancy, and that exposure to nicotine during fetal development has lasting adverse consequences for brain development." Nicotine...

conditions. It has other uses such as in the assessment of infection and fetal lung maturity. Prenatal diagnostic testing, which includes amniocentesis...

exposure to environmental and lifestyle-related chemicals during pregnancy and the resulting adverse fetal growth: a review". Environmental Health and Preventive...

called vernix. It is thought to have some protective roles during fetal development and for a few hours after birth. The second stage varies from one woman...

Fetal Learning and Memory. In: Child Development. 80 (4), 2009, S. 1251–1258. L. R. Leader, P. Baillie, B. Martin, E. Vermeulen: The assessment and significance...

Androgens are important in fetal development as well as in pubertal development. Exposure during critical periods of development can cause reproductive malformations...

Zhang, K.; Wang, Z. (2009). "Fetal sensitivity to properties of maternal speech and language". Infant Behavior and Development. 32 (1): 59–71. doi:10.1016/j...

areas, including maternal and fetal medicine. See Fellowship (medicine). All doctors must first complete medical school and obtain a MBBS or equivalent...

example, PCBs can interrupt animal fetal development, cause changes in an animal's response to stress, and cause thyroid and immune function diseases. Plastics...

develop into the embryo proper, and an outer cell layer of trophoblasts that will develop into the extraembryonic membranes (fetal membranes). The blastocyst...

classify abortion as murder without reference to stages of fetal development, and there are cases and other material which seem to regard abortion as less serious...

of prenatal development, which usually occur at specific gestational ages. Hence, the gestational timing of a fetal toxin exposure, fetal drug exposure...

Gerhard Andreas (2009). "Fetal exposure to phthalates – a pilot study". International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 212 (5): 492–498....

vesicular, and no sign of embryonic or fetal development is present. In partial moles, some villi are vesicular, whereas others appear more normal, and embryonic/fetal...

two of them, acrylonitrile and acrolein, appears to involve oxidative stress and oxidative DNA damage. The other five toxicants, acetaldehyde, cadmium, ethylene...

purpose, such as gender scans, 3D and 4D scans. A normal gestation would reveal a gestational sac, yolk sac, and fetal pole. The gestational age can be...

before the procedure, prescribe the distribution of information on fetal development, or require that parents be contacted if their minor daughter requests...