A Pregnant Client Who Is at 14 Weeks' Gestation Asks

question 2

Multiple Choice

A pregnant client who is at 14 weeks' gestation asks the nurse why the doctor used to call her baby an embryo, and now calls it a fetus. What is the best answer to this question?

• A) "Fetus is the term used from the ninth week of gestation onward."
• B) "We call a baby a fetus when it is larger than an embryo."
• C) "An embryo is a baby from conception until the eighth week."
• D) "The official term for a baby in utero is really zygote."

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Definitions:

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