Review HDFS Prenatal Development
About how many years of potential childbearing are there for healthy women?
35
Pamela recently gave birth. She had a very typical pregnancy. How long was Pamela's pregnancy?
38 weeks from ovulation
How are the effects of malnutrition on human fetal development studied?
By using a survey technique to determine how hungry women are when pregnant
How might genetic counseling influence the gene pool?
Deciding not to have children decreases the incidence of a disease over time.
Sarah is in her first trimester. Which phrase best describes her current stage?
Embryonic period
Which factor is most likely to reduce the likelihood that a pregnant woman will experience depression?
Financial Resources
Julia is 43 years old and pregnant for the first time. Which of the following is she at higher risk for than her neighbor, who is also pregnant but only 24 years old?
Having a baby with down syndrome
Megan, who is 8 weeks pregnant, is passing all of the nutrients she takes in to the embryo inside of her. Through which organ is this occurring?
Her placenta
Which of the following occurs during the embryonic period associated with pregnancy?
Her placenta is formed
Thalidomide, a prescription drug prescribed for morning sickness in the 1960s, was associated with
Major deformaties in the baby's limbs (its teratogens)
Which of the following family relationships shows the most similarity in measured intelligence?
Monozygotic Twins (identical, born from the same egg)
Ursula is 42 years old. Which of the following is TRUE of Ursula, compared to women who are in their 20s and 30s?
She will tend to have a longer labor
What impact does the use of anesthetic drugs during childbirth have on the newborn?
The impact depends on kind, amount and timing of the drug used
What is a good rule of thumb when trying to determine the impact of environmental toxins on fetal development?
The impact on fetal development must be assessed separately from the impact on children or adults.
A newborn infant shows symptoms of irritability, high-pitched cry, muscle spasms, fever, sleep disturbance, and feeding problems. What is one likely diagnosis?
The mother is addicted to drugs
How are gamete cells different from other cells in the body?
They each contain 23 chromosomes rather than 23 pairs of chromosomes.
What is the impact of a husband's presence on his wife's childbirth experience?
Women report that they experience less pain and less medication
Which of the following is a risk of smoking during pregnancy?
Women who smoke are at a great risk of miscarriages and stillbirths.
Kevin is a human male. Which of the following pairs reflects his chromosomes?
XY
A mother who agrees to carry an implanted embryo for her daughter and then gives the birthed baby to her daughter to raise has assisted
as a surrogate mother
. MaryAnne describes her feelings about pregnancy as sometimes anxious or depressed and sometimes excited and hopeful. MaryAnne's feelings are considered
normal
In the second trimester, the pregnant woman experiences early fetal movement called
quickening
Agents that can produce malformations in the fetus while tissues and organs are forming are called
teratogens
What is the most important factor that contributes to prematurity for babies born to mothers age 16 and younger?
the mother's biological immaturity
The goal established by the United States Public Health Service regarding childbirth via cesarean delivery is to
to reduce the rate of cesarean delivery to 15%
