24-week fetus

At 24 weeks the fetus:

  • has fully devloped eyes
  • has a hand and startle reflex
  • is forming footprints and fingerprints
  • is forming alveoli in lungs





Review Date:5/10/2006
Reviewed By: Daniel Rauch, MD, FAAP, Director, Pediatric Hospitalist Program, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.