Explore: Fetus Physiology.

A fetus or foetus (/ˈfiːtəs/; pl.: fetuses, foetuses, rarely feti or foeti) is the unborn offspring of a viviparous animal that develops from an embryo

hormones that regulate both maternal and fetal physiology during pregnancy. The placenta connects to the fetus via the umbilical cord, and on the opposite

following implantation (i.e. ten weeks' gestational age), after which the term fetus is used until the birth of a baby. Signs and symptoms of early pregnancy

developing embryo or fetus and the placenta. During prenatal development, the umbilical cord is physiologically and genetically part of the fetus and (in humans)

for the growing fetus, but also serves to facilitate the exchange of nutrients, water, and biochemical products between mother and fetus. Colloquially,

human body includes anatomy, physiology, histology and embryology. The body varies anatomically in known ways. Physiology focuses on the systems and organs

situations with alcohol abuse. This not only causes the fetus to be vulnerable to negative physiological and psychological effects as a result of no prenatal

Pigs, as a mammalian species, provide a good specimen for the study of physiological systems and processes due to the similarities between many pig and human

that enable the accommodation of the developing embryo and fetus. These are normal physiological adaptations that cause changes in behavior, the functioning

the termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus. The unmodified word abortion generally refers to induced abortion, or deliberate