Question

Worksheet 13-3: Pregnancy and Lactation Crossword Puzzle Across Down 1. a condition characterized by edema, hypertension, and protein in the urine 4. the organ of pregnancy in which maternal and fetal blood circulate in close proximity and exchange nutrients and oxygen and wastes the womb, the muscular organ within which the infant develops before birth 8. production and secretion of breast milk for the purpose of nourishing an infant 11. to gradually replace breast milk with infant formula or other foods appropriate to an infant's diet 12. a serious foodbome infection that can cause severe brain infection or death in a fetus or a newbom 13. the chief protein in human breast milk 2. a birthweight of 5 % pounds (2,500 g) or less, indicates probable poor health in the newborn and poor nutrition status in the mother during pregnancy, before pregnancy, or both an uncommon and always fatal neural tube defect in which the brain fails to form 5. a factor in breast milk that binds iron and keeps it from supporting the growth of the infant's intestinal bacteria 6. a milk-like secretion from the breast, present after delivery before milk appears, rich in protective factors 9. one of the most common types of neural tube defects in which gaps occur in the bones of the spine 10. before birth

Answer 1

Across :-

1. PREECLAMPSIA

4. PLACENTA

7. UTERUS

8. LACTATION

11. WEAN

12. LISTERIOSIS

13. ALPHALACTALBUMIN

Down:-

2. LOWBIRTH

3. ANENCEPHALY

5. LACTOFERRIN

6. COLOSTRUM

9. SPINABIFIDA

10. PRENATAL