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47 Cards in this Set
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Induction of IgE antibody formation-initial exposure resulting in an immune response and subsequent exposure inducing a much stronger response?
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Sensitization
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Proteins that are capable of inducing IgE antibody formation?
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Allergens
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Characterized by extremely long intervals between defecation?
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Obstipation
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The infrequent passage of firm or hard stools or of small hard masses with associated symptoms such as difficulty in expulsion, blood-streaked bowel movements, and abdominal discomfort; frequency not diagnostic?
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Constipation
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Stool normally passed w/in 24-36 hrs after birth.
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Meconium
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Dietary patterns that exclude meat?
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Vegetarianism
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Used to successfully treat infants w/ isotonic, hypotonic, and hypertonic dehydration; the first line treatment for diarrhea and dehydration?
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Oral re-hydration solution
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Trace elements w/ a daily requirement of less than 100mg; exact role in nutrition unclear?
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Microminerals
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Constipation w/ decal soiling?
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Encopresis
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Fluid compartment, 40% of which is lost when a child is dehydrated?
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Intracellular fluid
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Elements w/ daily requirements greater than 100mg?
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Macrominerals
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Fluid compartment that constitutes over half of the total body water at birth
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Extracellular fluid
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Eliminates any food of animal origin, including milk and eggs?
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Pure vegetarianism
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Most restrictive of all types of vegetaianism, using brown rice as the mainstay of the diet?
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Zen Macrobiotics
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Excludes meat from the diet but allows milk, eggs, and sometimes fish?
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Lactoovovegetarianism
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Excludes meat ans eggs but allows milk?
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Lactovegetarianism
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What describes a change in quantity and occurs when cells divide and synthesize new proteins.
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Growth
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A qualitative change, describes the aging process or an increase in competence and adaptability.
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Maturation
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Refers to biologic process by which early cells and structures are modified and altered to achieve specific and characteristic physical and chemical properties.
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Differentiation
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Involves change from lower to a more advanced stage of complexity.
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Development
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The five major developmental periods, are?
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prenatal, infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, and later childhood (pubescence and adolescence).
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Proceed in predictable patterns of direction, sequence, and pace?
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Growth and development
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What are The directional trends in growth and development
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cephalocaudal, proximodistal, and mass to specific.
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Physical development includes increase in?
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height and weight and changes in body proportion, dentition, and some body tissue.
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The three broad classifications of child temperament are the?
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easy child, the difficult child, and the slow-to-warm up child.
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children learn about their world and how to relate to objects, people and situations through?
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Play
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Play provides a means of development in the areas of ?
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sensorimotor and intellectual progress, socialization, creativity, self-awareness, and moral behavior; it serves as a means for release of tension and expression of emotion.
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Growth and development are affected by variety of conditions and circumstances, including?
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heredity, physiological function, gender, disease, physical environment, nutrition, and interpersonal relationships
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Childrens vulnerability and reaction to stress depend to a large extent on their?
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age, coping behaviors, and support system
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The highest incidence of this type of hepatitis occurs in preschool and school age children?
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Hep A
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Immunity by HBV vaccine is available
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Hep B
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Non-A, non-B w/ transmission through the fecal-oral route or w/ contaminated water?
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Hep E
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Children w/ chronic HBV should be tested for this type of hepatitis?
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Hep D
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The major route of infection in children is mother to infant transmission?
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Hep C
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Incubation period 14 to 180 days; average 50 days?
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Hep c
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A set of skills and competencies peculiar to each developmental stage that children must accomplish or master in order to deal effectively w/ the environment?
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Developmental task
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An increase in competence and adaptability; aging; most often used to describe a QUALITATIVE change?
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Maturation
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Specific ways in which children deal w/ stress?
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Coping strategies
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The process by which early cells and structures are systematically modified and altered to achieve specific and characteristic physical and chemical properties?
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Differentiation
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The process by which developing individuals become acquainted w/ the world and the objects it contains?
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Cognition
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A special class of individual reactions to stressors?
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Coping
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term used by Freud to describe any sensual pleasure?
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Psychosexual development
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Behaviors exhibited by both children who are abused and those who are depressed?
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Signs of stress
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According to Chess and Thomas, a term as the manner of thinking, behaving, or reacting that is characteristic of an individual; the way in which a person deals w/ life?
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Temperament
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The rate of metabolism when the body is at rest?
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Basal metabolic rate (BMR)
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The universal medium in which children learn about their world and how to deal w/ their environment?
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Play
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The most accurate measure of general development; the radio-logic determination of osseous maturation?
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Skeletal age
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