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NVCC PSY 230 EXAM 1 | 115 QUESTIONS
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Question : When is the germinal period?
Correct answer: first 2 weeks after conception
Question : What is fertilized ovum called?
Correct answer: Zygote
Question : When does zygote make first cell division?
Correct answer: Within 36 hrs of fertilization. Then will
divide every 12 to 15 hrs after as it moves down fallopian tube.
Question : What is a blastocyte?
Correct answer: the cell that is preparing for implantation
during the germinal stage.
Question : When does the placenta form and what is it?
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Correct answer: During germinal stage. It is a projection from
the uterus.
Question : When is the embryonic stage?
Correct answer: Week 3 to 8. Fastest paced development
Question : When are all the major organs and neural tube
formed?
Correct answer: embryonic stage
Question : When is the fetal stage?
Correct answer: From the 9th week until birth
Question : What is the age of viability?
Correct answer: 22-23 weeks
Question : When is the first trimester, and what hormones are
produced?
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Correct answer: First three months. Formation of the fetus'
main organs. The body produces progesterone and the placenta produces HCG
Question : Important changes during second trimester?
Correct answer: Month 4-6. ~week 18 is the quickening.
Question : What is down syndrome?
Correct answer: disorder caused by cell-division error called
nondisjunction. An extra piece of chromosome attaches to pair 21. Child is born with 47 chromosomes instead of 46.
Question : Single gene disorder
Correct answer: Genetic disorder that can be passed down as
dominant (50/50), recessive (with two carriers, 25%, with one carrier, disease free) or sex-linked (boys 50/50 with mother carrier).
Question : Birth stages
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Correct answer: 1) Dialation and effacement 2) Birth 3)
Expulsion of placenta
Question : What is an apgar score
Correct answer: Measure of child's heart rate, muscle tone,
respiration, reflex response and color rated on 0 to 2 at 1 minute and 5 minutes old. Apgar over 7 at 5 min is good.
Question : What is a low birth weight baby? How do we
intervene?
Correct answer: <5 1/2 lbs. Neonatal ICU, kangaroo care
Question : Where does the US stand on infant mortality?
Correct answer: 46th
Question : Benefits of breastfeeding
Correct answer: increased mylenation, resistance to cold and
flu, higher intelligence tests