Exam 3: Biological Foundations, Prenatal Development, and Birth

Tara is in her final month of pregnancy. She is writing a birth plan and would like to know how the use of epidural analgesia might impact her baby. You can tell Tara that exposed newborns tend to

__________ reveals that genomic imprinting can operate on the sex chromosomes.

Elena and Aidan are both writers and spend a great deal of time reading to their young son. This is an ?example of

Higher fetal activity in the last weeks of pregnancy

Yardley is pregnant with her first child. When should she expect to feel its movements?

Kinship studies reveal a __________ role for heredity in intelligence.

__________ are the biological foundation on which our characteristics are built.

Which of the following statements is true about individuals with Down syndrome?

Although smoking has declined in Western nations, an estimated _____ percent of U.S. women smoke during their pregnancies.

Describe fraternal twinning, including maternal factors linked to fraternal twinning.

Newborn Wayne's round face, chubby cheeks, large forehead, and big eyes

Prenatal tobacco exposure is linked to

Even tiny amounts of __________ in the paternal bloodstream cause a dramatic change in the sex ratio of offspring.

Which of the following statements is true about maternity leave?

One concern about surrogate motherhood is that it

Infants born to teenage mothers

Individuals who know that genetic problems exist in their families are good candidates for __________ before deciding to conceive.

The male produces an average of __________ sperm each day.

Sperm live for up to _____ days and can lie in wait for the ovum, which survives for _____ day(s).

Dizygotic twins __________ monozygotic twins.