Question

Henrietta is in the fifth week of her pregnancy, which means that she is in the _____ period of prenatal development.

Answer 1

Answer:

Embryonic period

Explanation:

The time period of the growth of the baby in the womb of the mother of human is 38 weeks or 9 months.

The time period of 38 weeks is divided into three phases related to the events taking place in that period which are: the germinal period, embryonic period and the fetal period.

• The germinal period lasts from the implantation to the gastrula phase during which the germ layer begins to form that is in the first and second week.
• The embryonic phase begins after the second week and lasts about the eighth week which is marked by the phase of embryonic and differentiation.

Therefore, in the fifth week she is in the embryonic phase of prenatal development.