Life Span Development Flashcards
is an infants body tempurature higher than a preschoolers?
YES
Infants typically breath out of their ___?
Noses
what is an anatomic difference between children & adults?
children have longer tongue
According to the terminal drop hypothesis:
mental function is presumed to decline in the 5 years preceding death.
Injury resulting from pressure disequalibrium across body surfaces - (too much pressure in the lungs)
Barotrauma
Someone who is between the ages of 12-18?
Adolescent
Someone who is between the ages of 19-40?
Early Adult
areas of an infants skull which have not yet fused are___?
Fontanelles
Someone who is between the ages of 1month - 1 year?
Infant
Someone who is between the ages of Birth - 1 month?
Neonate
Someone who is between the ages of 6-12?
School Aged
Someone who is between the ages of 3-6?
Preschooler
Someone who is between the ages of 1-3?
Toddler
Someone who is between the ages of 41-60?
Middle Adults
Someone who is between the ages of 61 & UP?
Late Adults