The following images are provided to assist you in understanding terms that may be used by your physician or ultrasound technician.

The complete set of images, with annotations and text descriptions, is available in the complete book, Your High-Risk Pregnancy (click to check it out in the App Store).

Biometric Measurements for age and growth

• Biparietal Diameter
• Head Circumference
• Abdominal Circumference
• Femur Length

Fetal anatomy

• Brain and skull
  • Early gestation
  • Later gestation
• Posterior fossa detail
• Lateral ventricles detail

• Spine
• Heart
  • Aortic arch/left ventricular outflow
  • Left ventricular outflow
  • Ductal arch/right ventricular outflow
• Abdomen
  • Cord insertion
  • Fetal stomach
• Kidneys and bladder

• Extremities