fetal heart
Unborn baby's ticker
The fetal heart is the heart of an unborn mammal, particularly a human embryo or fetus.
In medical contexts, monitoring the fetal heart rate helps assess the health of a pregnancy: The doctor checked the fetal heart with a Doppler device.
A fetal heartbeat can typically be detected around six weeks of gestation.
- heartbeatRhythmic cardiac contraction
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
- dopplerFrequency change from motion
- monitorDisplay or supervisor
- wombFetal development organ
pregnancy · pulse · embryo · gestation · umbilical · placenta · sonogram · trimester · due date · flutter · quickening · prenatal · prenatal care · obstetric · stethoscope · rhythm · chambers · developing
- Heart Developmentendocardium, myocardium, atria, ventricles
- childbirth anatomyuterus, womb, placenta, umbilical cord, cervix
- ultrasoundsonogram, sonography, ultrasonography, echocardiogram, transducer
- fetal circulationforamen ovale, umbilical cord, placenta
- baby traitsbaby fat, baby teeth, chubby cheeks, big eyes, button nose
- embryonic structuresembryo, zygote, blastocyst, morula, gastrula