A patient asks the nurse when her infant's heart will begin to pump blood. What will the nurse reply?
a. By the end of week 3
b. Beginning in week 8
c. At the end of week 16
d. Beginning in week 24
ANS: A
The fetal heart begins to pump by week 3 of gestation.
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