Practice question

Organ sensitivity windows vary; heart susceptible weeks three to six, limbs weeks four to eight, palate weeks six to nine. Central nervous system differs because neurogenesis, gliogenesis, neuronal migration, synaptogenesis, myelination extend beyond embryonic period throughout fetal life into adulthood. Proliferative ventricular zones continue generating neurons, vulnerability to agents causing oxidative stress, altering microRNAs or interfering with adhesion remains. Alcohol, Zika, antiepileptics, retinoids can affect cortical expansion even in third trimester leading to functional deficits. Therefore nervous system remains susceptible to teratogens throughout entire pregnancy unlike systems completing morphogenesis early.