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Mel is at the obstetrician's office with his girlfriend Denise, who is pregnant with their child. They have just started the ninth week of the pregnancy, and the doctor explains to them that the unborn child's brain has developed distinct structures and is already beginning to regulate certain body functions. Based on what you know about prenatal development, you know that the period of the ____ has just begun.
 
  a. zygote
 b. embryo
 c. umbilicus
  d. fetus

Question 2

Why might parents relax in their expectations of later-born children?
 
  a. They have come to doubt their parenting skills.
  b. They have greater resources to share amongst multiple children.
  c. They see that the first-born child is developing in a healthy way.
  d. They anticipate that the older sibling will impose the restrictions instead.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

c


cookcarl

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Wow, this really help

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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