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The pregnant client who is at 14 weeks' gestation asks the nurse why the doctor used to call her baby an embryo, and now calls it a fetus. What is the best answer to this question?
 
  1. A fetus is the term used from the ninth week of gestation and onward.
  2. We call a baby a fetus when it is larger than an embryo.
  3. An embryo is a baby from conception until the eighth week.
  4. The official term for a baby in utero is really zygote.
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Explanation: 1. The fetal stage begins in the ninth week.
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