Prenatal/Birth/Newborns - Ch. 3

Question 1

three stages of pregnancy
g/e/f

Answer 1

germinal (2 weeks)
embryo (2-8)
fetus (8-end)

Question 2

implantation

Answer 2

blastocyst buries into uterine lining, 7/9th days

Question 3

amnion

Answer 3

membrane on the blastocyst that fills with amniotic fluid in order to protect the developing organism

Question 4

chorion

Answer 4

villi that surround the amnion

Question 5

the umbilical cord connects the _________ to the developing baby

Answer 5

placenta

Question 6

ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm

Answer 6

ecto: forms the skin, brain
meso: forms the muscles
endo: forms the organs, digestive system, lungs

Question 7

neural tube

Answer 7

primitive spinal cord, where neural development is at its fastest

Question 8

1st, 2nd, 3rd trimesters

Answer 8

1st: until the end of the 3rd month, where heartbeat develops

2nd: until 23rd week, where most organs develop

3rd: 23-end, age of viability (where baby can first survive on its own)

Question 9

teratogens
d/t/h/D/a/c/c/a/m

Answer 9

any environmental agent that causes damage during the prenatal period

disease; harms visual, hearing, heart, brain, increases stillbirth risk and are susceptible after birth

toxoplasmois (undercooked meat, cats): brain damage, infections, jaundice, risk of stillbirth, risk of seizures after birth

herpes: automatic c-section, can infect baby if goes through infected coochie. chickenpox can make baby blind

DES: drug used for those who miscarried, but caused genital/cervical cancer in babies born when in young teenage years

aspirin: heard problems, hemorrhaging when giving birth, low birth weight

caffeine: maybe in humans, fucks with baby sleep cycles

cocaine: placenta stope supporting the fetus, often resulting in death, also induced contractions, awful

alcohol: cognitive issues, vision and hearing, born tiny, facial deformity (flat face/wide eyes)

marijuana: low birth weight, overlap w/ cigarette use, chronic oxygen deprivation

Question 10

fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Answer 10

outcomes caused by prenatal alcohol exposure!

Question 11

fetal alcohol disorder symptoms

Answer 11

slow growth, short eyelids, thin upper lip, flat face, brain injury

Question 12

partial fetal alcohol syndrome symptoms

Answer 12

defects are lower/less

Question 13

alcohol related neurodevelopment disorder symptoms

Answer 13

at least 3 areas of mental functioning are screwed but they look normal

Question 14

poor nutrition suppressed _________ system development, leading to a lot of ____________ illnesses!

Answer 14

immune system, respiratory

Question 15

emotional stress __________ the fetus of oxygen, because stress hormones direct blood elsewhere.

Answer 15

deprives

Question 16

three stages of childbirth
d/d/p

Answer 16

dilation of cervix
delivery of baby
placenta delivery

Question 17

the apgar scale is used to assess a newborn baby’s __________ quickly.

Answer 17

condition!

appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, respiration

Question 18

anoxia

Answer 18

inadequate oxygen in supplied to the baby during labor and delivery

Question 19

breech position

Answer 19

butt first baby delivery (not great… often causes anoxia)

Question 20

newborn baby reflexes/ability

Answer 20

grasping reflex is very strong, rooting reflex (to find nipples/suck), stepping reflex when help upright, moro reflex (if baby is unstable, will reach out and cling, survival reflex)

Question 21

states of arousal in babies

Answer 21

degrees of sleep and wakefulness

Question 22

babies spend much of their time sleeping in ____ sleep!

Answer 22

REM

Question 23

embryonic disc

Answer 23

where all body structures start to form when the baby is developing!

Question 24

the job of the placenta is to: (3)
p/s/r

Answer 24

provide nutrients and oxygen
screen toxins (though it cannot get everything)
remove waste