Chapter 9 - Life Span Development

Question 1

Barotrauma

Answer 1

An injury resulting from rapid or extreme changes in pressure

Question 2

Ductus Arteriosus

Answer 2

Blood vessel that connects the pulmonary trunk to the aorta in a fetus

Question 3

Ductus Venosus

Answer 3

Fetal blood vessel that connects the umbilical vein and the inferior vena cava

Question 4

Fontanelles

Answer 4

Membranous spaces at the juncture of an infant’s cranial bones that later ossify

Question 5

Foramen Ovale

Answer 5

The opening in the interatrial septum in a fetal heart

Question 6

Menarche

Answer 6

A girl’s first menstruation

Question 7

Menopause

Answer 7

Cessation of menstruation in the human female

Question 8

Polyuria

Answer 8

Excessive urination

Question 9

Presbycusis

Answer 9

Age-related hearing loss

Question 10

Psychosocial Development

Answer 10

The social and psychological changes human beings undergo as they grow and age

Question 11

Terminal Drop

Answer 11

A theory that holds that mental and physical functioning decline drastically in the few years immediately preceding death