Chapter 3 Quiz

A  yolk sac

B  chorion

C  placenta

D  umbilical cord

A  a surgical birth.

B  routine use of strong drugs.

C  fetal monitoring and anesthetics.

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

A  general anesthesia.

B  use of a doula.

C  a spinal block.

D  epidural analgesia.

A  Touch

B  Pain

C  Taste

D  Sound

A  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.

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

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

D  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.

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

B  permits food and oxygen to reach the organism.

C  helps regulate the fetus’s body temperature.

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

A  The harm done by teratogens is simple and straightforward.

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

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

A  fetal growth doubles.

B  most fetuses assume an upright position.

C  viability occurs.

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

A  measures around 1/500 inch.

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

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

D  is the smallest cell in the human body.

A  prepares the infant for voluntary grasping.

B  protects the infant from strong stimulation.

C  is sometimes called the “embracing” reflex.

D  has survival value.

A  is permanent.

B  is minor.

C  generally disappears by the preschool years.

D  usually improves by adolescence.

A  malnutrition

B  low birth weight

C  physical abnormality

D  sudden infant death syndrome

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

B  develops into the nervous system and spinal cord.

C  grows slowly at first.

D  swells to form the brain.

A  a drop in androgens.

B  moderate increases in androgens.

C  slight decreases in prolactin.

D  moderate decreases in estrogens.

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

B  the fetus can survive if born prematurely.

C  vernix covers the skin of the fetus.

D  the fetus can suck its thumb.

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  quiet alertness

C  drowsiness

D  REM sleep

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

B  low body temperature and sleeping with too few covers.

C  impaired brain functioning.

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