Stages Of Prenatal Development And Environmental Influence & Principles Of Growth And Development

Question 1

Normal full term birth spans

Answer 1

37-42 weeks and 2 days

Question 2

Pre term birth spans

Answer 2

Less than 37 weeks

Question 3

Post term birth spans

Answer 3

Those that end beyond 42 weeks and 3 days

Question 4

What are the 3 periods of stages of prenatal development

Answer 4

Zygote
Embryo
Fetus

Question 5

In what week does the baby started to develop a heart beat

Answer 5

5 weeks

Question 6

In what week does the baby started to develop the ears

Answer 6

8 weeks

Question 7

The zygote has multiples into a ball of more than 50 cells

Answer 7

Blastocysts

Question 8

Develops into structure that support and protect the baby before birth

Answer 8

Trophoblast

Question 9

Between 7 and 9 days after conception blastocyst begins the process of attaching itself to the uterine wall

Answer 9

Implantation

Question 10

It helps keep the temperature of the prenatal development constant

Answer 10

Amniotic fluid

Question 11

Lasts from implantation through 8 week of pregnancy

Answer 11

Period of Embryo

Question 12

Embryonic disc forms three layers:

Answer 12

Ectoderm
Mesoderm
Endoderm

Question 13

During what month does the eyes, ear,nose, and arms begin to form?

Answer 13

1 month

Question 14

At what age does the embryo begins to look recognizably human?

Answer 14

6 weeks of age

Question 15

What is the purpose of the placenta??

Answer 15

Transmit nutrients from mother

Question 16

How to compute the last menstrual period?

Answer 16

Minus 3 months, add 7 days, add 1 year

Question 17

What week does the brain develop during conception?

Answer 17

3 1/2 weeks

Question 18

In what age does the fetus can hiccup and react to very loud noice

Answer 18

9 weeks of age

Question 19

A white covering of the fetus that protects the baby from the extreme heat

Answer 19

Lanugo

Question 20

The lanugo is coated with thick whitish cream called?

Answer 20

Vernix

Question 21

What is the point at which the baby can survive, sometimes between 22and 26 weeks?

Answer 21

Age of viability

Question 22

A thing that is placed in the abdomen to hear the sound Of the baby

Answer 22

Fetal doppler

Question 23

In what week of age does the head and blood vessels form and brain begins to develop?

Answer 23

3 weeks

Question 24

Heart begins to beat and pump blood , arm buds and leg buds appear, eyes, ears, nose,and mouth form, nerves begin to develop, etc.

Answer 24

4 weeks

Question 25

Hands and feet develop with webbed fingers and toes, undifferentiated sex organs appear, head is half length of the entire body, etc.

Answer 25

5-8 weeks

Question 26

All major organ systems are formed, fingers and toes are fully formed, sex of fetus can clearly distinguished, etc.

Answer 26

9-16 weeks

Question 27

Mother detects fetal movement, many reflexes are present, etc.

Answer 27

13-16weeks

Question 28

Hair develops on head, lanugo covers the body, heart beat can be heard when listener presses head against mother’s abdomen

Answer 28

17-20 weeks

Question 29

Eyes open and shut, light and sounds can be perceives, fetus alternates between periods ofsleep and wakefulness

Answer 29

21-24 weeks

Question 30

Organ system continue to mature, fetus turns head down in uterus chances of survival are good, etc.

Answer 30

25-28 weeks

Question 31

Organs system function well,

Answer 31

29 - 38 weeks

Question 32

Refers to any environmental agents that causes damage during the prenatal period

Answer 32

Teratogens

Question 33

Stress hormones

Answer 33

Cortisol

Question 34

What stage does the developing organism is most vulnerable?

Answer 34

Embryonic stage

Question 35

Affects mainly the fetus heart, eyes, and brain

Answer 35

Rubella/measles

Question 36

Infants under 12 months of age stop breathing and die without apparent cause

Answer 36

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

Question 37

A number of times when the women gets pregnant

Answer 37

Parity

Question 38

A fundamental, primary or general law or truth from which others are derived

Answer 38

Principles

Question 39

Net increase in the size, or mass of the tissue. It is largely attributed to multiplication of cells and increase in the intracellular substance

Answer 39

Growth

Question 40

Refers to progressive increase in skill and capacity, though its rate varies from one child to another

Answer 40

Development

Question 41

Growth and development is a continuous process from conception to death

Answer 41

Continuity

Question 42

Follows a pattern of development peculiar to it.

Answer 42

Sequentiality

Question 43

The tempo of development is not even. Individuals differ in the rate of growth and development

Answer 43

Differentiality

Question 44

Describes the direction of growth and development.

Answer 44

Development proceeds from head downward

Question 45

What is the directional sequence of development during both prenatal and postnatal stages

Answer 45

From head to toe or from central axis to the extremities of the body