Chapter 4 Flashcards
1
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prenatal development (6)
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- midway of menstrual cycle (every 28 days) ovum is released
- intercourse: 300 million sperm enter body
- 300 survive 6 hour journey to fallopian tube
- one sperm enters egg
- biochemical reaction keeps other sperm from entering
- conception has taken place
2
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prenatal stage lasts about ___ days/months
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266 days/9 months
3
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second trimester (4)
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- months 4 to 6
- refined activities (thumb sucking)
- sensory organ functioning
- age of viability
4
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third trimester (4)
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- months 6 to 9
- rapid growth in length/weight
- myelin (insulation cover on brain) development, improving ability of neurons to transmit signals
- waking, heart rate, and sleeping patterns
5
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diseases affecting the prenatal environment (4)
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- rubella: blindness, deafness, heart defects, brain damage
- gestational diabetes
- syphilis: blindness, deafness, heart defects, brain damage
- AIDS
6
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environmental hazards to prenatal development (2)
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- radiation
- pollutants: heavy metal, mercury, pesticides
7
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parents’ state in prenatal development (2)
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- mother: stay active, diet, quit smoking, age, emotional state, nutritional state
- father: age, risks/physical and mental/down syndrome
8
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possible birthing hazards (4)
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- anoxia (lack of O2) due to tangled umbilical cord, sedative to mom, mucus, or breech birth (feet first)
- complicated delivery: use of forceps or suction cups
- c-section: when baby too large, fetus out of position, placenta prematurely separates from the uterus, fetal monitoring indicates a problem (mothers take longer to recover and bond)
- medications/sedatives
9
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neonatal enviornment
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-cross-cultural variation in beliefs concerning newborns
(-the beng/ivory coast view newborn as not this world until umbilical cord falls off/gives enemas twice a day using chili pepper solution)
-sleep in bed with mother/breast feed for children above 4 years old
-industrialized nations
-infants not touched as much, on an eat schedule
