PSM103 Flashcards
The point at which a person reaches sexual maturity and is physically capable of fathering or conceiving a child.
Puberty
VHSA growth-retarding disease affecting infants who receive insufficient protein and too few calories.
Marasmus
An organ, formed from the lining of the uterus and the chorion, that provides respiration and nourishment of the unborn child and the elimination of its metabolic wastes.
Placenta
The vast majority of the neurons a person will ever have is
100 to 200 billion
If the fetuses are two-thirds of all, how was the fetus positioned in the womb?
With its right ear facing outward
The natural childbirth movement arose from the work of
Grantly Dick-Read
These body parts overshoots adult levels in childhood and then declines to adults levels later in adolescence.
Lymphatic system
Synthetic version of folate
Folic acid
A sequence of physical maturation and growth that proceeds from the center of the body to the extremities.
Proximodistal development
Male sex hormone produced by testes
Testosterone
External agents such as viruses, drugs, chemicals and radiation.
Teratogens
The process by which neurons are enclosed in waxy myelin sheaths that will facilitate the transmission of neural impulses.
Myelinization
The pituitary hormone that stimulates the rapid growth and development of body cells
Growth hormone
Term used to describe the full range of congenital problems commonly observed in the offspring of mothers who consumed alcohol during pregnancy.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
A mild tranquilizer that can produce a variety of malformatiof of the limbs, eyes, ears, and heart of the body.
Thalidomide
Prepared childbirth originated in Russia but was popularized by
Fernand Lamaze
A hormone produced by the thyroid gland; essential for normal growth of the brain and body.
Thyroxine
Name given to the prenatal organism from the third through the eight week after conception.
Embryo
A term used to describe the fathers’ fascination with their neonates.
Engrossment
Term used to describe the strong affectionate ties that parents feel toward their infant.
Emotional bonding
Scientists believe that the human brain has evolved so that the infant brain can be highly responsive to the effects of experience. The brain is thought to produce an excess of neurons and synapses so that it can be responsive to many different kinds of sensory and motor stimulation. This responsiveness also results in synaptic and neural degeneration when the neurons that are not stimulated do not continue to function. What is the term for this aspect of brain development?
Plasticity
The term for oxygen deprivation at birth
Anoxia
It is a common type of anemia - a condition in which blood lacks adequate healthy red blood cells; makes children inattentive and may retard physical and intellectual development.
Iron-Deficiency Anemia
A sexually transmitted disease that can infect infants at birth, causing blindness, brain damage or even death if not diagnosed or treated.
Genital herpes
An early manipulatory skill in which an infant grasps objects by pressing the fingers against the palm.
Ulnar grasp
A B-complex vitamin that helps to prevent defects in the central nervous system.
Folate
A birth defect in which the brain and neural tube fail to develop or develop incompletely and the skull does not close.
Anencephaly
The disorder in which a deficiency in surfactin causes irregular breathing or stops breathing.
Respiratory Distress Syndrome
A disease that has little effect on a mother but may cause a number of serious birth defects in unborn children.
Rubella
A severe form of depression suffered by about 6.5 to 12.9 percent of new mothers leaves these women feeling luje they don’t want their babies.
Postpartum depression
The period of the birth process lasting fron the first regular uterine contractions until the cervix is fully dilated.
First stage of labour
A form of malnutrition in which the diet provides sufficient protein and calories but is lacking in one or more substances that promote normal growth.
Vitamin/Mineral Deficiency
The most critical period in prenatal development for potential damage to the developing organism from teratogens.
The period of the embryo
The term for the ability to grasp an object using the thumb and forefinger.
Pincer grasp
Not a viable recommendation to help lower the chances of SIDS.
Have the baby tested for SIDS virus by a pediatrician.
A delivery in which the fetus emerges feet first or buttocks first rather than head first.
Breech birth
Name given to the prenatal organism from the ninth week of pregnancy until birth.
Fetus
The environment surrounding birth.
Perinatal environment
False statement concerning infants crying.
Crying diminishes rapidly over the first 2 weeks of life as the baby’s brain mature.
A delivery in which physical and psychological preparations are stressed and medical assistance is minimized.
Natural and prepared childbirth
The specialization of brain functions in the left and right cerebral hemispheres.
Cerebral Lateralization
A quick assessment of the newborns heart rate, respiration,color, muscle tone and reflexes.
Apgar test
Dennis (1960) find about the age at which young toddlers could sit, crawl, and walk in his study of orphaned children who were confined to their cribs during their first 2 years of life.
Maturation was necessary but not sufficient for the development of motor skills such as sitting, crawling, and walking.
Fine hair covering the fetus body that helps vernix to stick to the skin
Lanugo
The basic unit of thr brain and nervous system are the cells thst receive and transmit neural impulses.
Neurons
Sleep in which the eyes move rapidly beneath the eyelids and brain wave activity is similar to the pattern displayed when awake.
REM sleep
A growth-retarding disease affecting children who receive enough calories but little if any protein.
Kwashiorkor
Unexplained death of a sleeping infant who suddenly stops breathing.
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
The bundle of neural fibers that connect to the two hemispheres of the brian and transmit information from one hemisphere to another.
Corpus callosum
The highest brain center; includes both hemispheres of the brain and the fibers that connect them.
Cerebrum
The delivery of the baby occurs during what stage?
Second stage of labour
Inborn responses such as breathing, sucking, and swallowing that enable the newborn to adapt to the environment.
Survival reflexes
A newborn infant from birth to approximately 1 month old.
Neonate
The outer layer of the brains cerebrum which is involved in involuntary body movements, perception and intellectual functions such as learning, thinking and speaking.
Cerebral cortex
Expulsion of the placenta (afterbirth).
Third stage of labour.
