Chapter 3 Quiz

A  placenta

B  yolk sac

C  umbilical cord

D  chorion

A  a surgical birth.

B  routine use of strong drugs.

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

D  fetal monitoring and anesthetics.

A  use of a doula.

B  a spinal block.

C  epidural analgesia.

D  general anesthesia.

A  Pain

B  Taste

C  Touch

D  Sound

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

B  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.

C  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.

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

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  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  most fetuses assume an upright position.

B  viability occurs.

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

D  fetal growth doubles.

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

B  is the smallest cell in the human body.

C  measures around 1/500 inch.

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  prepares the infant for voluntary grasping.

D  has survival value.

A  is minor.

B  generally disappears by the preschool years.

C  usually improves by adolescence.

D  is permanent.

A  sudden infant death syndrome

B  malnutrition

C  low birth weight

D  physical abnormality

A  grows slowly at first.

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

C  develops into the nervous system and spinal cord.

D  swells to form the brain.

A  moderate decreases in estrogens.

B  moderate increases in androgens.

C  slight decreases in prolactin.

D  a drop in androgens.

A  vernix covers the skin of the fetus.

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

C  the fetus can survive if born prematurely.

D  the fetus can suck its thumb.

A  Maternal cigarette smoking

B  Placing an infant to sleep on his back

C  Failing to tightly swaddle an infant during sleep

D  Using a pacifier

A  complex sounds; pure tones

B  pure tones; complex sounds

C  pure tones; noise

D  pure tones; voices

A  NREM sleep

B  quiet alertness

C  drowsiness

D  REM sleep

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

B  impaired brain functioning.

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

D  low body temperature and sleeping with too few covers.