Fetus facts for kids
A fetus or foetus is the stage that an organism goes through before it is born as a baby. In humans a fetus is the stage (time of development) after the embryonic stage, and begins during the third to eighth week of development after fertilization of the egg. The fetal stage lasts from 8 weeks after fertilization to birth.
Images for kids
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A human fetus, attached to placenta, at three months gestational age.
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Diagram of the human fetal circulatory system.
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Fourteen phases of elephant development before birth
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Fetal stage of a porpoise
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Fetus at 4+1⁄4 months
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Fetus at 5 months
See also
In Spanish: Feto para niños
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