Chapter 3 Quiz

A  chorion

B  placenta

C  yolk sac

D  umbilical cord

A  fetal monitoring and anesthetics.

B  routine use of strong drugs.

C  classes about the anatomy and physiology of labor and delivery.

D  a surgical birth.

A  a spinal block.

B  epidural analgesia.

C  use of a doula.

D  general anesthesia.

A  Pain

B  Taste

C  Touch

D  Sound

A  Preterm infants who are left in isolettes and are rarely touched gain weight faster and, at the end of the first year, are more advanced in mental and motor development over preterm babies given massage stimulation.

B  Even parents with stable life circumstances and social supports usually cannot overcome the stresses of caring for a preterm infant.

C  Compared with full-term infants, preterm babies are more often held close, touched, and talked to gently.

D  Mothers and fathers practicing kangaroo skin-to-skin contact feel more confident about caring for their preterm babies and interact more sensitively and affectionately with them.

A  permits food and oxygen to reach the organism.

B  helps regulate the fetus’s body temperature.

C  is a white, downy hair that covers the fetus’s entire body.

D  provides the fetus a cushion against jolts caused by the mother’s movements.

A  Any environmental agent that causes damage during the prenatal period is a teratogen.

B  Teratogens have an equal impact on fetal development during each prenatal period.

C  The harm done by teratogens is simple and straightforward.

A  viability occurs.

B  a layer of fat is added to assist with temperature regulation.

C  fetal growth doubles.

D  most fetuses assume an upright position.

A  bursts from one of two ovaries about once every 7 days.

B  is the smallest cell in the human body.

C  is the size of a period at the end of a sentence.

D  measures around 1/500 inch.

A  protects the infant from strong stimulation.

B  has survival value.

C  is sometimes called the “embracing” reflex.

D  prepares the infant for voluntary grasping.

A  is permanent.

B  usually improves by adolescence.

C  generally disappears by the preschool years.

D  is minor.

A  malnutrition

B  low birth weight

C  physical abnormality

D  sudden infant death syndrome

A  develops into the nervous system and spinal cord.

B  will become the structures that provide protective covering and nourishment.

C  swells to form the brain.

D  grows slowly at first.

A  moderate decreases in estrogens.

B  moderate increases in androgens.

C  slight decreases in prolactin.

D  a drop in androgens.

A  most of the brain’s neurons are in place.

B  vernix covers the skin of the fetus.

C  the fetus can suck its thumb.

D  the fetus can survive if born prematurely.

A  Using a pacifier

B  Placing an infant to sleep on his back

C  Maternal cigarette smoking

D  Failing to tightly swaddle an infant during sleep

A  pure tones; noise

B  pure tones; voices

C  pure tones; complex sounds

D  complex sounds; pure tones

A  NREM sleep

B  REM sleep

C  drowsiness

D  quiet alertness

A  low body temperature and sleeping with too few covers.

B  impaired brain functioning.

C  a chemical imbalance that prevents the baby from properly absorbing oxygen.

D  a collapse of the airway when the baby sleeps on his or her back.