The Embryo Is Most Sensitive to Outside Influences That Can

question 58

Multiple Choice

The embryo is most sensitive to outside influences that can cause malformations during the

• A) first two weeks after fertilization.
• B) third to the ninth weeks of development.
• C) ninth to the sixteenth weeks of development.
• D) twelfth to the twentieth weeks of development.
• E) twenty-first to twenty-sixth weeks of development.

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Definitions:

Chemical Cold Pack

A type of thermodynamic device that uses a chemical reaction to absorb heat and provide localized cold temperatures, often used for injury treatment and food preservation.

Heat Source

An object, environment, or material that can release thermal energy to its surroundings.

Exothermic Reactions

Chemical reactions that release energy, typically in the form of heat, to their surroundings.

Energy

The capacity to do work or produce physical change, existing in forms like thermal, electrical, kinetic, and potential energies.