Prenatal Development, Birth, & Newborn

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Test your knowledge on prenatal development, birth, and the newborn experience. This quiz consists of 20 multiple-choice questions designed to challenge your understanding of critical concepts related to gestation and early life.

Whether you're a student, parent, or just curious about this fascinating topic, you can gain insights into:

The stages of prenatal development
The effects of teratogens on health
Key milestones during pregnancy and birth

20 Questions5 MinutesCreated by LearningBee732

After about 4 days, the zygote consists of about 100 cells, resembles a hollow ball, and is called a...?

Fetus

Blastocyst

Placenta

Vernix

A small cluster of cells near the center of the blastocyst called the ____________, eventually develops into the baby

Embryo

Placenta

Germ disc

Zygote

What structure is responsible for exchanging nutrients and wastes between the mother and the developing organism?

The germ disc

The blastocyst

The villi

The placenta

During the period of the embryo, the mesoderm will form...?

The outer layer of skin and the nervous system

muscles, bones, and the circulatory system

The digestive system and the lungs

The digestive system and the circulatory system

During the period of the fetus, the skin thickens and becomes covered w//a thick greasy substance that protects the fetus during its long bath in amniotic fluid. This substance is known as the...?

Vernix

Villi

Endoderm

Amniotic fluid

When mothers do not consume adequate amounts of folic acid, their babies are at risk for...?

AIDS

Genital Herpes

Spina Bifida

Rubella

According to research, there are two possible mechanisms that can lead to harmful consequences of teenage pregnancy. What are they?

Biological influence and Genetic selection

Social influence and Genetic selection

Genetic influence and Social selection

Social influence and Social selection

What is a commonly known teratogen that's very powerful and can cause abnormal prenatal development?

PCBs

Lead

Thalidomide

Mercury

All of the following are true except ONE when it comes to how teratogens work, which statement is FALSE?

The impact of teratogens changes over the course of prenatal development

Each teratogen affects a specific aspect (or aspects) of prenatal development

The impact of teratogens doesn't depend on the dose

Damage from teratogens is not always evident at birth, but may appear later in life

In chorionic villus sampling (CVS), a sample of tissue is obtained from the __________ and is analyzed

Blastocyst

Germ disc

Ectoderm

Chorion

Soon after labor, the top of the baby’s head appears, an event known as...?

Breech presentation

Crowning

amniocentesis

Cesarean section

If the flow of blood is disrupted after birth where the infant doesn't receive enough oxygen, this is known as...?

Hypoxia

breech presentation

Crowning

Hyperoxia

If a baby scores a 1 on the Apgar score, that means you should expect the baby to...?

Move their limbs actively

Have normal colour all over their body

Have their muscles flaccid

Have normal colour except for extremities

The baby’s performance is used to evaluate functioning of four systems, these systems are:

Autonomic, Biological, State, and Motor

Autonomic, State, Motor, and Social

Social, Biological, State, and Motor

Autonomic, Biological, Social, and State

Newborns alternate between four behavioural states; and so during alert inactivity, the baby...?

Has their eyes open, but they seem unfocused; the baby moves her arms or legs in bursts of uncoordinated motion

Cries vigorously, usually accompanying this with agitated but uncoordinated motion

Is calm, with eyes open and attentive; the baby looks as if he is deliberately inspecting his environment

Has their eyes closed and the baby drifts back and forth from periods of regular breathing and stillness to periods of irregular breathing and gentle arm and leg motion

What kind of a cry starts softly, then gradually becomes more intense and usually occurs when a baby is hungry or tired?

A basic cry

A mad cry

A pain cry

An alert cry

True or False: Men after early 40’s or 50’s can have increased chances of conceiving a child w/genetic abnormalities

True

False

If 2 babies of same weight, one premature, one SGA (small for gestational age), what’s the difference?

Premature babies are born with a yellow skin colour whereas SGA babies are born with a normal colour

SGA is ‘older’ as in they had more weeks in gestation, whereas premature are younger since they had less weeks in gestation

SGA babies are born with a yellow skin colour whereas premature babies are born with a normal colour

Premature is ‘older’ as in they had more weeks in gestation, whereas SGA babies are younger since they had less weeks in gestation

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