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Nursing Care for Uncomplicated Pregnancy Labor & Post-partum

A nurse is teaching a childbirth class to a group of pregnant women. One of the women asks the nurse at what point during the pregnancy does the embryo become a fetus. How should the nurse respond?

ExplanationA. During the eighth week of pregnancy the organ systems and other structures are developed to the extent that they take the human form; at this time the embryo becomes a fetus and remains so until birth. B. At this time the developing cells are called an embryo. C. At the time of implantation the group of developing cells is called a blastocyst. D. The embryo can be visualized on a sonogram before it becomes a fetus.