UNIT 5 Flashcards
The life cycle begins in a
Woman’s body
After conception, a developing humans is called an embryo
2 weeks
After conception, a developing human is called a fetus
9 weeks
helps reduce the risk of health problems for the mother and fetus
Prenatal care
Before pregnancy should be appropriate to her height
Weight
A baby that weighs less than 5 1/2 pounds at birth
Low-birthweight baby
A baby born before the 37th week of pregnancy
Premature baby
sometimes have strange or unhealthy cravings; most are due to changes in taste and smell
Women
The craving for and digestion of nonfood materials
PICA
To avoid it, it is advised to eat whatever will make them feel better
Nausea
A burning feeling in the chest and throat. To ease this, prevent eating foods that make it worse, avoid laying down one hour after eating, and eat small, frequent meals
Heartburn
Can increase the chance of hemorrhoids
CONSTIPATION
Consumption of starch and paste
Amylophagia
Eating feces
Coprophagy
Consumption of soil, clay, sand, dust, or chalk
Geophagy
Consumption of glass
Hyalophagia
Consumption of ice
Pagophagia
It is the self-eating practice
Self-cannibalism
Consumption of hair or wool
Trichophagia
Consumption of urine
Urophagia
Consumption of wood
Xylophagia
Is an organ that connects the developing fetus to the uterine wall to:
-allow nutrient uptake
-waste elimination
-gas exchange
-fight against internal infection
-produce hormones
Placenta
a set of symptoms that can occur in newborns whose mothers drink alcohol
-skin folds at the corner of the eye
-low nasal bridge
-short nose
-indistinct philtrum
-small head circumference
-small eye opening
-thin upper lip`
is more rapid during infancy than at any other time in the life cycle
Growth