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*'''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 three months (when the major structures have formed) until birth. <br> | *'''Fetus:''' The organism after three months (when the major structures have formed) until birth. <br> | ||
== | ==Why three months?== | ||
The limit of three months (12 weeks) is not universal, some put it at 8 weeks. |
Version du 8 novembre 2007 à 10:26
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 three months (when the major structures have formed) until birth.
Why three months?
The limit of three months (12 weeks) is not universal, some put it at 8 weeks.