Full-term gestation is approximately 40 weeks, but prematurely born neonates are surviving with gestations as short as:

A) 24 weeks
B) 28 weeks
C) 32 weeks
D) 36 weeks


A) 24 weeks
Prematurely born neonates at gestations as short as 24 weeks are now surviving (a full-term gestation is 40 weeks).

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