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Chapter 9 vocab
Life Span Development
Question | Answer |
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Adolescent | a child 12-18 years of age |
Fontanelles | soft spot on infants head where bone plates have not fused together.Allows head to pass through birth canal |
Infant | A child 1 month - 1 year |
Life expectancy | average length of years remaining based on the individual year of birth |
maximum Life span | theoretically the longest period of time for an organism to live |
Menopause | permanent end of menstruation and fertility,which usually occurs in a woman late 40's or 50's |
Neonate | A child from birth to 1 month |
Nocturnal enuresis | involuntary bed wetting |
preschooler | A child 3-6 years of age |
Puberty | the time in which sexual organs mature during addolescence |
Reflex | an instantaneous and involuntary movement resulting from a stimulus |
school-age child | A child 6-12 years |
Toddler | A child 1-3 years of age |