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Development of the Fetus

  • Hour 12

    Hour 12
    Fertilization
  • Hour 12

    Hour 12
    First Rounds of Mitosis
  • Hour 12-15

    Morula Forms
  • Fertilized Egg

    Begins to exist when the sperm enters the egg
  • Zygote Stage Begins

    Begins when the sperm and egg make one individual cell
  • hour 12-16

    hour 12-16
    Pronuclei fuse
  • hour 30-36

    hour 30-36
    Second Round of Mitosis
  • Hour 50-56

    Hour 50-56
    Third Round of Mitosis
  • Day 4

    Hatcing
  • Day 6

    Day 6
    64 Cell Embryo Called the Blastocyst Forms
  • Ectopic pregnancy

    Ectopic pregnancy
    Ectopic pregnancy can now occur
  • Day 8-10

    Day 8-10
    Implantation
  • Day 12

    hCG begins to be secreted
  • Day 12

    Day 12
    disc with streak on the underside forms mesoderm
  • Day 15

    First missed period
  • Day 18

    Day 18
    Neural Tubes form
  • Day 18

    Day 18
    The Heart begins to beat
  • Day 21

    Day 21
    arm & leg buds appear, yolk sac makes RBCs
  • Embryo Stage Begins

    Occurs when the ball of cells forms together
  • Day 35

    Day 35
    Face plates come together
  • Day 21

    Day 21
    cleft lip or palate may occur
  • Week 6

    Week 6
    muscles form, bent neck, webbed hands and feet, segmented back
  • Fetal Stage

    occurs when the embryo begins to form to have human like features
  • Week 7

    Week 7
    fingers & toes separate, eyes & ears formed
  • Day 50

    Day 50
    genitalia begins to differentiate, eyelids fuse, amnion surrounds fetus
  • Day 50

    Day 50
    amniocentesis could be performed
  • Week 10

    Week 10
    chorionic villi sampling could be performed
  • 6-7 Months

    6-7 Months
    eyes open, fat added under skin, head out of proportion to the body