Match the following terms with the descriptions below.

A. Low birth weight
B. Small for gestational age
C. Spontaneous abortion
D. Gestation
E. Placenta
F. Trimesters
G. Preterm
H. Zygote
I. Ovum
J. Embryo


A. Referring to any infant weighing less than 5.5 pounds at birth
B. Referring to any infant whose birth weight is less than the expected weight corresponding to the duration of gestation
C. Any cessation of pregnancy and expulsion of the embryo or fetus as the result of natural causes
D. The period of development of the offspring from conception to birth
E. Through this organ, oxygen and nutrients from the mother's blood are transferred to the fetus and fetal wastes are removed
F. Three 13- to 14-week periods into which the normal pregnancy is divided
G. An infant born before 37 weeks of gestation
H. The cell resulting from the union of an egg cell and sperm until it divides
I. The egg cell from which a fetus eventually develops if the egg is fertilized by a sperm cell
J. The developing offspring in utero from about the beginning of the third week to the end of the eighth week after conception

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