Chapter 3- Birth and the Newborn Child

Question 1

Episiotomy

Answer 1

a cut to make the vagina opening bigger

Question 2

forceps

Answer 2

a vacuum that pulls the baby’s head through the vagina

Question 3

breech presentation

Answer 3

when the baby is turned the wrong way during delivery

Question 4

obstetrics

Answer 4

the study of caring for pregnant women

Question 5

natural childbirth

Answer 5

birth without medical technology and interventions because they are believed to be unhelpful or harmful

Question 6

electronic fetal monitoring

Answer 6

technology that tracks the fetus’s heartbeat either externally through the mom’s abdomen or internally by placing a sensor on the fetus’s head

Question 7

birth talk

Answer 7

encouragement during the process

Question 8

neonate

Answer 8

newborn; about 20 inches long and 7.5 lbs

Question 9

fontanels

Answer 9

soft spots on the newborn’s head; one on top and one at back

Question 10

neonatal jaundice

Answer 10

yellowish skin and eyeballs because of the weakness of the neonate’s liver

Question 11

anoxia

Answer 11

deprivation of oxygen that causes a quick and large death of brain cells

Question 12

low birth weight

Answer 12

less than 5.8 lbs

Question 13

preterm

Answer 13

when a baby is born 3+ weeks early

Question 14

small for date

Answer 14

when a neonate weighs less than 90% of average newborns born at the same time

Question 15

very low birth weight

Answer 15

weigh less than 3.5 lbs

Question 16

extremely low birth weight

Answer 16

weighing less than 2.3 lbs

Question 17

kangaroo care

Answer 17

when parents are encouraged to give premies skin to skin contact for 2 - 3 hours a day during their 1st weeks of birth

Question 18

rem sleep

Answer 18

when eyes move back and forth quickly under eyelids; also irregular heart rate and breathing during this time

Question 19

reflexes

Answer 19

automatic responses to certain kinds of stimulation

Question 20

rooting reflex

Answer 20

when newborns turn their heads and open their mouths when touched on their cheks or the sides of their mouths; for feeding

Question 21

moro reflex

Answer 21

when newborns arch their backs and brings their arms together quickly in response to loud noises or feeling like ike their falling backward

Question 22

sound localization

Answer 22

being able to tell where a sound comes from

Question 23

visual acuity

Answer 23

visual clarity

Question 24

binocular vision

Answer 24

combining info from both eyes to perceive depth and motion