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22 Cards in this Set
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The biological protection of the brain when malnutrition temporarily affects body growth
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head-sparing
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A standard, or average, measurement, calculated from many individuals within a specific group or population
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norm
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Any point on a ranking scale of 1 to 99.
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persentile
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A stage of sleep characterized by flickering eyes behing closed lips, dreaming and rapid brain waves
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REM sleep
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A nerve cell of the central nervous system. Most are found in the brain
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neuron
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The outer layer of the brain in humans and other mammals; it is the location of most thinking, feeling and sensing
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cortex
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A nerve fiber that extends from a neuron and transmits electrical impulses from that neuron to the dentrites of other neurons
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axon
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A nerve fiber that extends from a neuron and recieves electrical impulses transmitted from other neurons via their axons
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dendrite
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The intersection between the axon of one neuron and the dendrites of other neurons
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synapse
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The great increase in the number of dendrites that occurs in an infant's brain over the first two years of life
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transient exuberance
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Rerers to brain functions that require basic common experiences in order to develop normally
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experience-expectant
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Refers to brain functioins that depend on particular, and variable, experiences and that therefore may or may not develop in a particular infant
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experience-dependent
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The response of a sensory system when it detects a stimulus
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sensation
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The mental processing of sensory information, when the brain interprets a sensation
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perception
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The ability to focus the two eyes in a coordinated manner in order to see one image
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binocular vision
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A responsive movement that seems automatic, because it almost always occurs in reaction to a particular stimulus
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reflex
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Physical abilities involving large body movements, such as walking and jumping
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gross motor skills
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A process that stimulates the body's immune system to defend against attack by a particular contagious disease
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immunization
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A situation in which a seemingly healthy infant, at least 2 months of age, dies unexpectedly in his or her sleep
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sudden infant death syndrome-SIDS
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A condition in which a person does not consume sufficient food of any kind
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protein-calorie malnutrition
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A disease of sever protein-calorie malnutrition during early infancy, in which growth stops, body tissues waste away, and the infant eventually dies
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marasmus
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A disease of chronic malnutrition during childhood, in which a deficiency of protein causes the child's face, legs, and abdomen to bloat, or sweel with water, and makes the child more vulnerable to other diseases, such as measles, diarrhea, and influenza
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kwashiorkor
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