10 week fetus?




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At 10 weeks into the pregnancy:

-Volume of amniotic fluid at this point is approximately 1.5 ounces (50 ml)

-Brain structure of the fetus is complete and the brain mass increases rapidly

-Socket for all twenty teeth are formed in gums.
Face has human appearance (nasolacrimal groove, intermaxillary segment).

-Separate folds of the mouth fuse to form the palate.

-Early facial hair follicles begin to develop.

-Vocal cords form in larynx and fetus can make sounds.

-Intestines have migrated into abdomen from the umbilical cord. Digestive tract muscles are functional and practice contraction.

-Nutrient-extracting villi line the now folded intestines.

-Liver start to secrete bile, a thick, brown-green liquid containing bile salts, bile pigments, cholesterol and inorganic salts. The bile is stored in the gall bladder.

-Development of thyroid, pancreas and gall bladder is complete. Pancreas starts to produce insulin.

-Genitalia begin to show female characteristics (labium minus, urogenital groove, labium majoris) and male characteristics (glans penis, urethral groove, scrotum). Neither male nor female genitalia are fully formed.

-Fingernails begin to grow from nail beds.

-Fetus develops reflexes and the skin is very sensitive.

-The average sixe is anywhere from 1.5 to 2.2 inches in lenght, and .7 ounces.
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Other Answers:
what's the question?

not legally abortable. wtf

explain the details plz


Is a living being. Is a human.


Please do not abort if that is what your thinking the child deserves a life. Or know they can not survive out of the womb that early what exactly is your question???

unrecognizable if you miscarried,just a blob of cells

and your point is? Human or Alien


my fetus is 11 weeks



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