Development Flashcards
Neural crest cells
Spread out throughout the body, differentiating into many different tissues
Neural tube has an agar plate that differentiates into …
Sensory neurons
Neural tube has a basal plate that differentiates into…
Motor neurons
Embryonic brain begins as 3 swellings. What are they?
Rhomebencephalon
Mesencephalon
Prose cephalon
The embryonic begins as 3 swellings that become 5 swellings. What are the 5 swellings?
Telencephalon Diencephalon Mesencephalon Metencephalon Myelencephalon
The fetus is attached to the uterine wall and placenta by the____
Umbilical cord
Placenta
Transmits food, oxygen, and water to the fetus while returning water and waste to the mother
What happens if viruses or bacteria crosses the placenta?
Can cause problems to the baby such as
Deafness
Mental retardation
Cataracts
Heart defects
Reflex
An automotive response to a given stimulus
(4) primitive relfexes
Rooting reflex
Moro reflex
Babinski reflex
Grasping reflex
Rooting reflex
Infant turns his or her head toward anything that brushed the cheek
Moro reflex
Infant extend the arms, then slowly retracts them and cries in response to sensation of falling
Babinski reflex
The big toe is extended and the other toes fan in response to try brushing of the sole of the foot
Grasping reflex
Infant grabs anything put into his or her hand
2 types of motor skills
Gross motor skills
Fine motor skills