Influences on Prenatal Development

Question 1

general risk factors are

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nutrition
stress
mothers age

Question 2

who is the sole nutrition for developing baby

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mother

Question 3

most pregnant women need to increase their calorie intake by

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10-20%

Question 4

disorder in which the embryo’s neural tube does not close

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spina bifida

Question 5

high stress tend to have children who are

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• born earlier
• lower birth weight
• Physically, cognitively, and linguisticallyunderdeveloped

Question 6

an agent that causes abnormal prenatal development

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teratogens

Question 7

what are the kind of teratogens

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• drugs
• diseases
• environmental hazards

Question 8

teratogens: what kind of disease is associated with drugs

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Fetal alcohol syndrome; neonatal abstinence syndrome

Question 9

teratogens: different kinds associated with diseases

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aids, herpes, syphilis

Question 10

teratogens: different kinds associated with environmental hazards

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lead, mercury, X-rays, cell phones

Question 11

disorder affecting babies whose mothers consumed large amounts of alcohol while they were pregnant

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fetal alcohol syndrome

Question 12

Infants born with FAS have:

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• lower birth weight
• smaller head
• body defects
• facial malformations

Question 13

Newborns can be born addicted to a drug if the mother uses it within the final weeks of pregnancy

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neonatal abstinence syndrome

Question 14

three ways to be infected w HIV

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1. through placenta
2. coming into contact w mothers blood
3. breastfeeding

Question 15

using a syringe to withdraw amniotic fluid through the mother’s abdomen

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amniocentesis

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taking a sample tissue from placenta

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chorionic villus sampling

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prenatal treatment

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1. ultrasound
2. amniocentesis
3. chorionic villus sampling

Question 18

field of medicine concerned with treating prenatal problems before birth

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fetal medicine

Question 19

been used to treat fetal hypothyroidism

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administering drugs or hormones

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used to treat problems like spina bifida and circulatory problems

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fetal surgery

Question 21

replacing defective genes with synthetic normal genes

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Genetic engineering

Question 22

umbilical cord blood flow is disrupted and the infant does not receive adequate oxygen

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hypoxia

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surgical removal of an infant from the uterus through an incision made in the abdomen

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cesarean section

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extreme low birth weight

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below 2.2 pounds low survival rate

Question 25

the number of infants out of 1,000 births who die before their first birthday

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infant mortality

Question 26

Possible factors include low birth weight resulting from

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lack of free or inexpensive prenatal care and fewer paid leaves of absence for childcare