Chapter 3 Quiz

A  chorion

B  placenta

C  umbilical cord

D  yolk sac

A  a surgical birth.

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

C  fetal monitoring and anesthetics.

D  routine use of strong drugs.

A  a spinal block.

B  general anesthesia.

C  epidural analgesia.

D  use of a doula.

A  Touch

B  Taste

C  Sound

D  Pain

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

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  The harm done by teratogens is simple and straightforward.

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

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 smallest cell in the human body.

B  measures around 1/500 inch.

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

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

A  is sometimes called the “embracing” reflex.

B  protects the infant from strong stimulation.

C  has survival value.

D  prepares the infant for voluntary grasping.

A  usually improves by adolescence.

B  generally disappears by the preschool years.

C  is permanent.

D  is minor.

A  sudden infant death syndrome

B  malnutrition

C  physical abnormality

D  low birth weight

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

B  grows slowly at first.

C  swells to form the brain.

D  develops into the nervous system and spinal cord.

A  slight decreases in prolactin.

B  moderate increases in androgens.

C  moderate decreases in estrogens.

D  a drop in androgens.

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  Failing to tightly swaddle an infant during sleep

B  Placing an infant to sleep on his back

C  Using a pacifier

D  Maternal cigarette smoking

A  pure tones; noise

B  complex sounds; pure tones

C  pure tones; complex sounds

D  pure tones; voices

A  drowsiness

B  NREM sleep

C  REM sleep

D  quiet alertness

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

B  low body temperature and sleeping with too few covers.

C  impaired brain functioning.

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