Exam 4: Seciton 3: Beginnings: Parental Development and Birth

A form of newborn care in which mothers (and sometimes fathers) rest their babies on their naked chests is called _____.

What happens to the brain during the fetal period of development?

A baby whose birthweight is significantly lower than expected given the time since conception is referred to as _____.

With respect to prenatal development, teratogens _____.

Mandy is pregnant yet she still has four alcoholic drinks each day. Her baby may be at increased risk for the development of _____.

In the fourth week after conception, a miniscule blood vessel that will become the _____ begins to pulsate.

By the end of the ____prenatal month, sex organs develop and are soon visible via ultrasound.

As part of embryonic development, the neural tube will become the _____.

In the third stage of labor, the _____.

Which is NOT a possible consequence of low birthweight?

The strong, loving connection that forms as parents hold, examine, and feed their newborn is called _____.

The Apgar scale is used at one minute and five minutes after birth to _____.

Many obstetricians date the onset of pregnancy from the date of _____.

While Bill's wife was pregnant, he experienced weight gain and indigestion. When she gave birth, he felt sharp physical pain as well. Bill was experiencing _____.

Rumasia places her baby on her chest so that they are skin to skin. This is called _____.

The phenomenon in which fathers experience symptoms of pregnancy and birth is known as _____.

Genetic counseling may be most useful to parents at which of the following stages?

A baby is assessed at one minute after birth according to the Apgar scale. Three of the five vital signs are good, but the baby is weak and inactive and grimaces. The two vital signs the medical team is concerned about are _____.

The frequency of low birthweight in the United States _____ throughout most of the twentieth century, and then _____ in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Cerebral palsy was once thought to be the result of something that happened during the birth procedure, but we now know it can result from each of the following EXCEPT _____.