Concepts
The type of family formed by only two parents and their biological or adopted children.
What is a nuclear family?
A single cell formed right at the moment of fertilization is called a ___.
What is zygote?
True or False: The Moro reflex is also commonly known as the startle reflex.
What is True?
A doctor puts something in a newborn's mouth and the baby immediately starts to draw milk. The baby is using this reflex.
What is the sucking reflex?
A nuclear family includes parents, children, grandparents, and aunts living together.
What is "nuclear family"? (That describes an extended family).
An automatic, involuntary movement in a newborn in response to a stimulus.
What is a reflex?
When you touch a baby's cheek and they turn their head to search for food, it is the ___ reflex.
What is rooting?
True or False: The swallowing reflex helps a baby safely move liquids down their throat without choking.
What is True?
A pediatrician places her finger in a baby's hand and the baby grips it tightly. The doctor is testing this reflex.
What is the palmar grasp reflex?
The rooting reflex causes a baby to fling their arms outward when they hear a loud noise.
What is "rooting reflex"? (That describes the Moro reflex).
The asymmetrical reflex where turning a baby's head to one side causes the arm on that side to extend.
What is the Tonic Neck reflex (ATNR)?
Stroking the bottom of an infant's toes causing them to curl downward is the ___ grasp reflex.
What is plantar?
True or False: The germinal stage is the longest stage of prenatal development.
What is False? (The fetal stage is the longest).
Carlos and Maria get married, bringing children from their previous relationships into one home to form this family type.
What is a blended (or step) family?
Vasectomy and tubal ligation are examples of temporary barrier family planning methods.
What is "temporary barrier"? (They are permanent / surgical methods).
Family planning methods, like condoms, that physically block sperm from entering the uterus.
What are mechanical methods?
Birth control pills and arm implants are examples of ___ family planning methods.
What are chemical?
True or False: An extended family only consists of one parent and a child.
What is False? (An extended family includes extra relatives like grandparents, aunts, or uncles).
A doctor holds an infant upright with feet touching a table, and the baby makes stepping motions. This is the ___ reflex.
What is the stepping (or walking) reflex?
The embryonic stage begins at week 9 of pregnancy and lasts all the way until birth.
What is "embryonic stage"? (That describes the fetal stage; the embryonic stage is weeks 3 to 8).
The point around 22 to 26 weeks of pregnancy when a fetus has a chance of survival outside the womb.
What is the age of viability?
The long stage of prenatal development from week nine until birth is the ___ stage.
What is fetal?
True or False: Most neonatal reflexes stay active throughout a person's entire adult life.
What is False? (Most disappear during the first year as the nervous system matures).
A doctor places a small T-shaped device into a patient's uterus to prevent pregnancy for several years. This device is an ___.
What is an IUD (Intrauterine Device)?
Neonatal reflexes are conscious, voluntary choices made by the baby's developing brain.
What is "conscious, voluntary choices"? (Reflexes are involuntary / automatic responses).