PRE-NATAL

PERIOD
Objectives:
• Know how a human is being developed inside
the womb of the mother;
• Changes or development occurred from
Embryo to Fetus to Newborn and;
• Understand the processes of Pre-natal period of
development.
PRE-NATAL PERIOD
• Is the period of time before birth. Prenatal
development, also called Antenatal
development, in humans, the process 
encompassing the period from the formation of
an embryo, through the development of a fetus,
to birth (or parturition).
Three Stages of Pre-natal
Development
Germinal Embryonic
Period Fetal Period
Period (Weeks 9-
(Weeks 3- 40)
(Week 1-2) 8)
Germinal Period Conception occurs when a sperm
fertilizes an egg and forms a zygote, which
(Week 1-2) begins as a one-cell structure. The mother
and father’s DNA is passed on to the child at
the moment of conception. The genetic
makeup and sex of the baby are set at this
point. The germinal period (about 14 days in
length) lasts from conception to
implantation of the zygote (fertilized egg) in
the lining of the uterus.
2 Weeks
Embryonic Period The embryonic period begins once the
zygote is implanted in the uterine wall. It
(Weeks 3-8) lasts from the third through the eighth
week after conception. Upon implantation,
this multi-cellular organism is called
an embryo. Now blood vessels grow,
forming the placenta. The placenta is a
structure connected to the uterus that
provides nourishment and oxygen from the
mother to the developing embryo via the
umbilical cord.
3 Weeks 4-5 Weeks
6 Weeks 7 Weeks
 Fetal Period
(Weeks 9-40)
9 Weeks, Fetus When the organism is about nine
weeks old, the embryo is called a fetus.
At this stage, the fetus is about the size
of a kidney bean and begins to take on
the recognizable form of a human being
as the “tail” begins to disappear.
 9 – 12 Weeks
By the 12th week, the fetus has all
its body parts including external
genitalia. In the following weeks, the
fetus will develop hair, nails, teeth
and the excretory and digestive
systems will continue to develop. At
the end of the 12th week, the fetus is
about 3 inches long and weighs
about 28 grams.
Sex organs differentiate
20 Weeks 24 Weeks
Hearing begins Lungs begin to
to develop. develop.
28 Weeks
Brain grows rapidly 32 Weeks
Bones fully develop
36 Weeks 40 Weeks
Muscles fully Full-item
develop. develop.
Reference:

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Group 1
1.Malbas, Ronel F.
2.Valera, Andrew M.         
3.Ariza, Francis John         
4.Layson, Jade P.                
5.Mora, Joseph M
6.Dunzal, Rona D.
7.Papistol, Keziah               
8.Agner, Ellysa T.