Five month old foetus. View of a five month (20 week) old male foetus. Part of the umbilical cord (lighter colour), which carries nutrients and oxygen
Five month old foetus. View of a five month (20 week) old male foetus. Part of the umbilical cord (lighter colour), which carries nutrients and oxygen from the placenta, is at bottom right. By this time the foetus appears completely human, with fully developed lips, eyelids, eyebrows, external ears, fingers and toes. There is not much subcutaneous fat on the limbs or face, and the weight of the foetus by the end of the 5th month is still less than 500 grams. Fine hair called lanugo is seen. The head, still disproportionately large, grows more slowly than the body during this stage. Foetal movements can now usually be felt. The foetus has a crown-rump length of about 19 cm.
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Photo credit: © NEIL BROMHALL/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: 5, 20, body, face, fetus, finger, foetus, hand, human, lanugo, months, people, person, persons, week, weeks
