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41 Cards in this Set
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full term
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38-42 weeks from conception
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low birth weight
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under 5.5 lbs
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small-for-date
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birth weight < 90%tile for gestational age
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anoxia
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loss of oxygen
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isolette
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maintains high room temp
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kangaroo care
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skin-to-skin contact with birth mom reduces cns stress and improves sleep and self-regulated activity
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extremely small-for-date
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results in more marked cognitive, language, attention, and academic difficulty
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resiliency
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allows some babies to develop with little or no long term effects
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labor stage 1
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contractions
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labor stage 2
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pushing stage
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labor stage 3
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placenta and umbilical cord
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labor stage 4
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recovery time
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average weight
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7.5 lbs.
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average height
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20 inches
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vernix caseosa
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protects skin from bacteria
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apgar scale
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measures appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, and respiration
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caesarian section
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baby is surgically excavated from the uterus via an abdominal incision
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neonatal touch
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mature, can experience pain
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neonatal smell
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can distinguish types of smells and direction
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neonatal taste
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prefer sweet to sour
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neonatal hearing
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can distinguish human voice from other sounds and locate direction
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neonatal sight
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very bad at birth, very near sighted with a fixed focal distance, cant control light intensity with clear iris
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cerebral cortex
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controls all higher order behavior
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terminal button
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structure at the end of the axon that when stimulated, releases chemicals into the space between neurons
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myelin
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fatty substance that serves as insulation for some nerve cells
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synapse
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information is transferred across the synaptic cleft
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plasticity
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much brain tissue not yet dedicated
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differentiation
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when cells acquire specific function
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integration
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neurons coordinate activities of muscle groups
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lateralization
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each hemisphere has different abilities
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axon
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long cable extending from the cell
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terminal button
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when stimulated, releases chemicals into the space between neurons. end of the axon
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synaptic cleft
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space between axon of one cell and dendrites of the other cell
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neurotransmitters
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neurons bind to when in synaptic cleft
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myelination
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coating neurons to improve efficiency
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parturition
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process of uterine, cervical, and other changes, usually lasting about 2 weeks, preceding birth
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neonatal period/ neonate
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first 4 weeks of life
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neonatal jaundice
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in newborn babies, caused by immaturity of liver and evidenced by yellowish appearance
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SIDS
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sudden and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant
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cell death/ pruning
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normal elimination of excess brain cells
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integration
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neurons coordinate activities of muscle groups
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