Chapter 05: Fetal Period

Chapter 05: Fetal Period

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

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MULTIPLE CHOICE

Directions: Each group of questions below consists of a numbered list of descriptive words or phrases accompanied by a diagram with certain parts indicated by letters or by a list of lettered headings. For each numbered word or phrase, select the lettered part or heading that matches it correctly and then insert the letter in the space to the right of the appropriate number. Sometimes more than one numbered word or phrase may be correctly matched to the same lettered part or heading.

________ Amniotic sac

ANS:   D

The amniotic sac contains amniotic fluid, which permits free movement of the fetus and symmetric external growth. The fluid also cushions the fetus against jolts the mother may receive and helps to control the fetus’s body temperature.

________ Contains umbilical vessels

ANS:   C

The umbilical cord contains umbilical vessels, normally two arteries and one vein. The vein carries nutrients and oxygenated blood to the fetus, and the arteries carry poorly oxygenated blood and waste products to the placenta, where the carbon dioxide and waste substances are transferred to the maternal blood for disposal.

________ Chorionic sac

ANS:   E

The chorionic sac at this stage normally is embedded in the endometrium and contains the embryo in its amniotic sac. Chorionic villi cover most of the outer wall of the sac at this stage. Some villi have degenerated because they were compressed and received insufficient blood supply for survival.

________ Vestigial structure

ANS:   B

The small remnant of the umbilical vesicle (yolk sac) indicated is a vestigial structure, serving no function at this stage. Part of the early umbilical vesicle is incorporated into the embryo during the fourth week as the primordial gut. Within a few weeks, the remnant of the umbilical vesicle indicated degenerates and disappears.