By the end of the seventh week of pregnancy, the fetus has a vertebral column, a bony jaw and clavicle, a primitive cranium, ribs, femur, tibia, palate, upper jaw, developing nervous system, a closed circulatory system with a working heart, developing eyes,ears, and nose, lungs, arms, legs, hands, feet, a pancreas, a bladder, kidneys, a tongue, a larynx, a thyroid body, germs of teeth, and the beginnings of muscles.
Thanks to bellsouthpwp.net/m/a/maryb683/marybrown/6-7wkfetus.htm for the info.
edbooked said,
May 23, 2008 at 11:18 am
Thanks for remiding us that a FETUS is not a baby. The miracle of birth is required for babies to be born into this world.
amber said,
August 25, 2008 at 8:09 am
it has a heartbeat and a brain, its not just a fetus, its a living, growing baby!
KliveLobe said,
December 7, 2008 at 10:37 am
But at what point will it develop conciousness. Surley that is a defining matter, is it not?