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Chapter 2

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genotype   the complete set of genes that makes up a person's heredity  
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phenotype   genetic instructions along with environmental influences  
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pku   recessive disease babies lack liver enzyme which converts phenyalaline...poison..mental retardation  
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huntingtons disease   dominant disease carried on chromosome 4  
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down syndrome   have an extra 21st chromosome cuased by the egg  
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klinefelter's syndrome   XXY tall, small testicles, sterile, below normal intellgience  
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XXY Complement   xyy Tall with below normal intelligence  
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TURNER'S SYNDROME   x limited sex development, problems perceiving spacial relations  
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xxx syndrome   motor and language development problems  
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polygenic inheritance   phenotypes reflect the combined activity of many genes  
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reaction range   when the same genotype produces a range of phenotypes depending on the environment  
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niche picking   seeking environments based on heredity  
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nonshared environmental influences   forces within a family that make children different  
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Zygote   Weeks 1-2 fertilized egg,  
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germ disc   small cluster of cells near center of zygote becomes the baby  
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amnion   sac the embryo rests in  
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amniotic fluid   cushions embryo and maintains temp  
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umbilical cord   houses blood vessels that join embryo and placenta  
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ectoderm   hair outer layer  
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mesoderm   middle forms muscles bones and circulatory system  
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endoderm   inner forms digestive sytem and lungs  
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cephalocaudal principle   head to spine  
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proximodistal principle   inner to outer  
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month 5-6   eyebrows eyelashes and hair, vernix  
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vernix   greasy substance protects fetus in amniotic fluid  
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month three   males develop testes and females ovaries third month testes tell cells to be penis in female the hormone is absent making a vagina  
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age of viability   weeks 22-28 a baby has a chance at survival  
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spina bifida   when a mother does not consume enought folic acid the embryos neural tube does not close properly  
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thalidomide   babies born with deformed limbs  
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fetal alcohol syndrome   thin upper lip short nose widly spaced eyes mental retardation and slow growth  
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amniocentis   needle through stomach is inserted into amniotic fluid, takes 3 weeks for results  
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chorionic villi testing   tissue obtained from placenta through the vagina, done at 8-9 weeks quick results  
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hypoxia   pinched umbilical cord-baby does not receive enough oxygen  
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hypoxia   pinched umbilical cord-baby does not receive enough oxygen  
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low bith weight   weighs less than 2500 grams, 5.5 pounds  
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very low bith weight   weighs less than 1500 grams or 3.3 pounds  
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low bith weight   weighs less than 2500 grams, 5.5 pounds  
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extremely low birth weight   less than 1000 grams or 2.2 pounds  
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extremely low birth weight   less than 1000 grams or 2.2 pounds  
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very low birth weight   less than 1500 grams 3.3 pounds  
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extremely low birth weight   less than 1000 grams or 2.2 pounds  
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