Exam 2 Flashcards
born between 38-42 weeks
Full term infant
Less than 38 weeks
premature infant
more than 42 weeks
Post mature infant
babies are full term less than 5 pounds 8 ounces
small for gestational age
Babies more than 10 pounds may be preterm or full term
Large for gestational age
traumatic labor and delivery, interruptions in blood supply and nutrients, infections
Stillbirths
checks baby’s heart rate, muscle tone to check for medical care.
Apgar score
Head is larger than body
random movements
Large eyes, small nose and chin
general appearance
spread out their arm, pull arms in and cry. Startled by loud noise
Moro(startle)
head is turned to the same side of their outstretched arm and their other arm in bent. to protect their heads
Tonic head
when object is placed in palm fingers wrap around the object
palmar (grasp)
hold the infant up with their feet on surface and they will act like they are walking
stepping
stroke the bottom of the foot and toes will fan out
Babinski
types of malnutrition
-insufficient quantity of food
-Inadequate nutritional quality of food
vision senses
-visions not developed at birth
-3-4 months can use motion, shape, spatial positioning
-color come around 6 month
-can imitate facial expression of others
hearing senses
-Hearing
startled by loud sounds
-Hearing get better when fluid all leaves the ear
Taste, smell, touch
-can distinguish
between sweet, salty,
sour and bitter tastes
- React negatively to strong
odors
-As early as 4 days can
identify their mothers
smell
-Sense of touch is
developed preterm
basic unit of meaning
Morpheme
basic unit of language
Phonemes
how meaning is assigned to morphemes
semantics
how words are combined into meaningful sentences
syntax
the rules of combining language
grammar