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| Question | Answer |
| Type of pain relief during labour that is usually given as injections. They relieve pain without causing loss of consciousness. | systemic analgesics |
| Type of pain relief during labour that is injected and cause numbness in a very small area. | local anesthetics |
| Type of pain that is usually called epidural blocks, are the most commonly used form of pain relief. Epidural blocks cause a complete loss of sensation below the point in the spine where the pain-relieving drug is injected. | regional analgesics |
| Type of pain relief that is relieves pain and induces unconsciousness. | general anesthesia |
| The cervix widens sufficiently to allow the infant’s head to pass into the birth canal | dilation |
| The flattening of the cervix | effacement |
| A birth complication that is an insufficiency of oxygen for the infant | anoxia |
| Delivery of the child through an incision in the mother’s abdomen. | caesarean deliveries |
| Term for any baby born with a weight below 2,500 grams (5.5 pounds) | low birth weight (LBW) |
| Term for any baby born with a weight below 1,500 grams (3.3 pounds). | Very low birth weight (VLBW) |
| Term for any baby born with a weight below 1,000 grams (2.2 pounds). | extremely low birth weight (ELBW) |
| Any baby born before 38 weeks of gestation | preterm infant |
| An infant who weighs less than is normal for the number of weeks of gestation completed | small-for-date infant |
| A problem frequently found in infants born more than 6 weeks before term, in which the infant’s lungs lack a chemical (surfactant) needed to keep air sacs inflated. A problem frequently found in infants born more than 6 weeks before term, in which the infant’s lungs lack a chemical (surfactant) needed to keep air sacs inflated. | respiratory distress syndrome |
| Physical responses triggered involuntarily by specific stimuli | reflexes |
| Reflexes that are essential to the infant’s survival but that disappear in the first year of life (e.g., sucking). | adaptive reflexes |
| Collection of reflexes seen in young infants that gradually disappear during the first year of life, including the Moro and Babinski reflexes. | primitive reflexes |
| The reflex that causes infants to extend their legs, arms, and fingers, arch the back, and draw back the head when startled | The Moro reflex |
| A reflex found in very young infants that causes them to splay out their toes in response to a stroke on the bottom of the foot. | Babinski reflex |
| A reflex where a baby turns his head to one side when he's on his back. | tonic neck |
| A reflex where the baby will make step-like motions, alternating feet as in walking when you hold him under his arms with feet just touching a floor or other flat surface. | walking |
| A reflex where the baby turns his head toward the touch, opens mouth, and makes sucking movements when you stroke baby’s cheek with finger or nipple. | rooting |
| A reflex where a baby will make a strong fist around your finger when you stroke the baby’s palm with your finger. | grasping |
| The view that several factors interact to influence development. | dynamic systems theory |
| The process of taking in raw information through the senses | sensation |
| The attribution of meaning to sensory information | perception |
| A pattern where development proceeds from the head downward | cephalocaudal |
| A pattern where development proceeds from the trunk outward | proximodistal |
| The automatic reduction in the strength or vigor of a response to a repeated stimulus. | habituation |
| Inborn predispositions that form the foundations of personality. | temperament |
| The unexpected death of an infant who otherwise appears healthy | sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) |
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