Exam 2: The Beginning: From Conception to Birth

A(n)_____ is any agent or condition that increases the risk for prenatal abnormalities.

Newborn Chris weighed 3.5 pounds at birth.Chris would be classified as _____ -birthweight.

A person's collection of genes is referred to as that person's "_____."

The day after he was born,Chris was given a test that measures responsiveness and records 46 behaviors,including 20 reflexes.This test is called the:

Every human begins life as a single cell,which is called a:

Which of the following is TRUE regarding rates for cesarean sections and epidurals?

Janet,pregnant for the first time,wonders how long it will take to deliver her son.You can tell Janet that for first births,the average baby is born after ____ hours of active labor.

The _____ was a worldwide effort to map all human genes.

One out of seven new mothers will experience postpartum depression in the days and weeks after giving birth.

The _____ on the chromosomes in the nucleus of each cell instruct the cell to manufacture the proteins needed to sustain life and development.

Paternal experiences of pregnancy and birth called _____ are expected in some cultures,a normal variation in many,and considered pathological in others.

Wayne has inherited genes that put him at risk for developing diabetes,but he never develops diabetes due to a healthy diet and exercise.This example demonstrates that human characteristics,including diabetes,are:

The mother's ovum determines whether the fetus will become a boy or a girl.

The Apgar scale refers to the age at which a fetus might survive if born.

Older women are more likely to double-ovulate.As a result,they are more likely to have _____.

MOST recessive genetic disorders are:

Juan and Juliana moved to the United States from Mexico two years ago and just had their first baby.Although Juan and Juliana's SES is lower than that of their native-born peers,their baby was born at a healthy weight.This phenomenon is called the _____ paradox.

The ____ period lasts from the third week through the eighth week of pregnancy.

Samantha learned from her science teacher that her height resulted from about 180 genes,each contributing a tiny amount of genetic information.She learned that her height was due to:

Brenda loves to share information that she has learned from school with her parents.She comes home one day and,at dinner,tells her family she has learned about cell differentiation in science class.She correctly tells them that once cells differentiate: