15 Flashcards
GROWTH IS THE FASTEST DURING…
Puberty
Infancy
FETUS
9th gestational week - birth
NEONATE
birth - 4 weeks
INFANT
4 weeks - 1 year
TODDLER
1 - 3 years
PRESCHOOL
3 - 6 years
SCHOOL-AGE
6 - 12 years
ADOLESCENT
12 - 18 years
CEPHALOCAUDAL/1
development FROM HEAD TO TOE
raise head before being able to sit
gains control of trunk before walking
PROXIMODISTAL/2
- development from center of body to periphery
- from midline to periphery
- occurs bilaterally
- from general to specific
- grasps w/ hands before pinching w/ fingers
HEIGHT
LENGTH
standing measurement (height) recumbent position measurement (length)
LENGTH OF INFANT INCREASES ABOUT..
2.5 cm (1inch) per month for first 6 months
BY AGE 1, BIRTH LENGTH INCREASES BY..
50 % (mostly in the trunk)
FULL TERM NEWBORN WEIGHS..
2.72 - 4.08 kg (6 - 9 lb)
WHEN/HOW MUCH BIRTH WEIGHT IS LOST AND WHY?
- 5 - 10% of the birth weight
- by age 3/4 days
- due to passage of stools & lmtd fluid intake
AT BIRTH NEWBORN’S LENGTH IS ABOUT..
50cm (20inches)
NEWBORNS HAVE HIGH (1….) CONSUMPTION AND REQUIRE (2…) IN THE FIRST FEW MONTHS
- oxygen
2. high cardiac output
WHY NEWBORNS REUIRE HIGH CARDIAC OUTPUT…
- due to high oxygen consumption
- pretense of fetal(immature) hemoglobin
DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSIOLOGICAL ANEMIA AFTER 3 - 4 MONTHS OF AGE IS DUE TO..
- disappearance of fetal hemoglobin
- loss of maternal iron stores
HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE INCREASES…
TO A TOTSL OF… AT 6 MONTHS
1.5 cm (0.6 inches) per month
TOTAL of
43 cm (17 in)
SECOND SECOND 6 MONTHS OF LIFE, HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE INCREASES…
TO A TOTAL OF… AT 1 YEAR
0.5 cm (0.2 in) per month
TOTAL OF
46 cm (18 in)
NEONATE
SLEEPS…
NAPS…
sleeps 8 - 9 hrs
naps 8 - 9 hrs during the day
2 YO
SLEEPS…
NAPS…
sleeps 10 hr
naps one short daytime nap
7 YO
SLEEPS…
NAPS…
sleeps 11 - 13 hrs
naps rarely
BONE AGE IS DETERMINED BY..
X-Ray studies
IN FETUS, BONES BEGIN AS..
connective tissue — to — cartilage
cartilage — to — bone/ossification
IN CHILDREN, BONE SYNTHESIS IS…
THAN BONE DESTRUCTION
greater
IN CHILDREN, CALCIUM IS RESERVED IN..
in the ends of long bones