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=What is abortion?= | =What is abortion?= | ||
"Abortion is the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus, resulting in or caused by its death." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion]<br> | "Abortion is the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus, resulting in or caused by its death." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion]<br> | ||
It means that abortion is used to remove deliberately the still living blabla or the already dead blabla. <br> | It means that abortion is used to remove deliberately the still living blabla or the already dead blabla (spontaneously or accidentally dead as with a miscarriage). <br> | ||
==What is the difference between a human embryo and fetus?== | ==What is the difference between a human embryo and fetus?== | ||
*'''Embryo:''' Until the third month of pregnancy the organism is callled embryo. After that point, it is called fetus. | *'''Embryo:''' Until the third month of pregnancy the organism is callled embryo. After that point, it is called fetus. | ||
*'''Fetus:''' The organism after conception (when the major structures have formed) until birth. Up until the eighth week, the developing offspring is called an embryo. | *'''Fetus:''' The organism after conception (when the major structures have formed) until birth. Up until the eighth week, the developing offspring is called an embryo. | ||
Embryo: The organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation from fertilization to, in humans, the beginning of the third month of pregnancy. After that point in time, it is termed a fetus. | Embryo: The organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation from fertilization to, in humans, the beginning of the third month of pregnancy. After that point in time, it is termed a fetus. | ||
Version du 8 novembre 2007 à 10:23
What is abortion?
"Abortion is the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus, resulting in or caused by its death." [1]
It means that abortion is used to remove deliberately the still living blabla or the already dead blabla (spontaneously or accidentally dead as with a miscarriage).
What is the difference between a human embryo and fetus?
- Embryo: Until the third month of pregnancy the organism is callled embryo. After that point, it is called fetus.
- Fetus: The organism after conception (when the major structures have formed) until birth. Up until the eighth week, the developing offspring is called an embryo.
Embryo: The organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation from fertilization to, in humans, the beginning of the third month of pregnancy. After that point in time, it is termed a fetus.