Chapter 3 Quiz

A  umbilical cord

B  chorion

C  yolk sac

D  placenta

A  fetal monitoring and anesthetics.

B  a surgical birth.

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

D  routine use of strong drugs.

A  use of a doula.

B  general anesthesia.

C  a spinal block.

D  epidural analgesia.

A  Touch

B  Pain

C  Taste

D  Sound

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

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

C  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.

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

C  permits food and oxygen to reach the organism.

D  helps regulate the fetus’s body temperature.

A  The harm done by teratogens is simple and straightforward.

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

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

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  is the smallest cell in the human body.

B  measures around 1/500 inch.

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

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

A  protects the infant from strong stimulation.

B  is sometimes called the “embracing” reflex.

C  has survival value.

D  prepares the infant for voluntary grasping.

A  is permanent.

B  usually improves by adolescence.

C  is minor.

D  generally disappears by the preschool years.

A  physical abnormality

B  sudden infant death syndrome

C  low birth weight

D  malnutrition

A  grows slowly at first.

B  develops into the nervous system and spinal cord.

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

D  swells to form the brain.

A  moderate decreases in estrogens.

B  moderate increases in androgens.

C  a drop in androgens.

D  slight decreases in prolactin.

A  the fetus can suck its thumb.

B  the fetus can survive if born prematurely.

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

D  vernix covers the skin of the fetus.

A  Failing to tightly swaddle an infant during sleep

B  Maternal cigarette smoking

C  Placing an infant to sleep on his back

D  Using a pacifier

A  pure tones; complex sounds

B  pure tones; noise

C  pure tones; voices

D  complex sounds; pure tones

A  quiet alertness

B  REM sleep

C  drowsiness

D  NREM sleep

A  low body temperature and sleeping with too few covers.

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

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

D  impaired brain functioning.