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Psy with Flannick
5-8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fontenelles | Soft spots at the back and front of the baby's head. This helps the head fit. Can withstand normal contact and pressure and close around 18mths. |
| Neonate | New born baby. will be very active for about 15-30 min after birth and then sleep for hours. |
| Dr. Virginia Apgar and the Apgar System | She was an OBGYN who developed this system to determine a neonates health at 1 and 1 mins. This was used by drs so that they didn't have to call the baby doctor in the middle of the night if the baby was fine. It was based on a 0-2 number system. |
| Apgar System | 1. Heart Rate 2. Efforts to breath 3. Muscle Tone 4. Skin Color 5. Reflex irritability |
| Average weight and height at birth | 7.5 lbs and 20 inches |
| Rapid Eye Movement sleep REM | That period of sleep when dreams occur. This constitutes about 50% of baby's sleep and 20% of adults sleep. During this time the eyes move rapidly under the eyelids, there is twitching, and breathing is quick and irregular. |
| Non-REM | Opposite of REM, quiet sleeping, non jerky, regular slow breathing, divided into 4 stages from very light to very deep. |
| Neurons and Glial Cells and Myelin | The 2 kinds of cells that make up the brain. Neurons deal with info through electrochemical means Glial cells make a sheaf called myelin that surrounds the neurons. Myelin increases and insulates transmission of info. |
| Peripheral Nervous System | All nerves outside the CNS |
| Central Nervous System | Brain and the spinal cord |
| Forebrain | Outermost part of the brain that surrounds the midbrain. Top layer of forebrain is call the cerebral cortex. |
| Midbrain | Continuous with and anterior to the pons, middle part of brain. |
| Hind brain Medulla Pons Cerebellum | Medulla and pons are larger continuation of the spinal cord after it enters the skull. Cerebellum big structure to the back of the medulla and pons. |
| Fully Funcioning Level | Fully functioning by 7-8 mths |
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