Week 1
The breast is made of up these two germ layers.
What is the ectoderm and mesoderm?
These structures are found on the areola, mostly on the upper outer quadrant.
What are areolar glands?
What is their purpose?
This artery provides most (60%) of the blood supply to the breast.
What is the Internal Thoracic Artery?
True or False:
Cranial nerves are the only nerves that originate in the brain.
What is true?
A baby born with a birth weight greater than 90% for gestational age is labeled this.
What is large for gestational age or LGA?
The hormones responsible for breast development include all of the following except:
Progesterone
Estrogen
Testosterone
Prolactin
Placental Lactogen
What is testosterone?
This part of the breast extends under the axilla.
What is the Tail of Spence?
This nerve supplies the greatest amount of sensation to the nipple and the areola.
What is the 4th intercostal nerve?
True or False:
The infant has very few taste buds compared with adults.
What is false?
LBW stands for this and indicates that a baby is less than _______ grams at birth.
What is Low Birth Weight and <2500 gms?
"Primitive colostrum", that which can be expressed from an infant after delivery, is sometimes called this.
What is "witch's milk"?
True or False: This only occurs with female infants.
The breast is located between these ribs.
What is between the 2nd and the 6th ribs?
Nipple inversion is found in approximately this percentage of the population.
What is 4%?
True or False:
The suck-swallow-breathe pattern is the same for both nutritive and non-nutritive sucking.
What is false?
A physical exam should be performed on a newborn within this time frame after delivery.
A follow up exam should be performed after hospital discharge on newborn within this time frame.
What is 24 hours?
What is 48 hours?
This is when breast development is considered to be finished.
What is in pregnancy?
Is a duct within the breast bigger or smaller than a ductule?
What is bigger?
This year denotes the low point of breastfeeding initiation in the United States.
What is 1972?
You are assessing the mouth of a 2 day old infant. When the infant cries, he lifts his tongue and it cups and forms a heart shape. Do you suspect that this will help or hinder the infant's latch?
What is hinder?
This substance looks like cheese on a baby's skin after delivery, particularly if they are born early.
What is vernix?
These structures provide support for the breast.
What are Cooper's Ligaments?
If a breast is hypoglandular, does it mean that it has more breast tissue or less breast tissue?
What is less?
hypo = less
hyper = more
This is why we educate all pregnant mothers about the benefits of breastfeeding to themselves and to their infants.
What is in order that they can make an informed choice?
This cranial nerve is responsible for assisting tongue movement for speech and swallowing.
What is cranial nerve 12, the hypoglossal nerve?
This is considered "good" cyanosis and will not harm the infant.
This is considered "bad" cyanosis and needs to be treated.
What is acrocyanosis? (hands, feet, upper lip)
What is central cyanosis? (blue-ing of lips/inside of mouth)