A pregnant woman undergoes an ultrasound in the second month of her pregnancy and hears the heartbeat of her developing child for the first time. She is told that at this stage of her pregnancy the head of the developing child will start changing shape, and its facial features will start becoming easier to identify. The _________ of prenatal development is depicted in this scenario.

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The scenario describes the second month of pregnancy, during which the mother hears the heartbeat of the developing child and is told about the changes in the shape of the head and facial features. This indicates that the embryo is in the embryonic stage of prenatal development, which occurs from conception through the eighth week of pregnancy. The germinal stage occurs during the first two weeks after conception while the radicle stage is not a stage of prenatal development. The fetal stage occurs from the ninth week until birth.

A Pregnant Woman Undergoes an Ultrasound in the Second Month