INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the following exercises by marking the lettered response that best answers the exercise, by completing the incomplete statement, or by writing the answer in the space(s) provided.
After you have completed all of these exercises, scroll to the bottom of this page and check your answers. For each exercise answered incorrectly, reread the material referenced with the solution.
1. Why does a newborn infant’s skin appear dark red at birth?
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2. What is the name of the glistening spots that may be found on the infant’s palate?
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3. Its capacity is about one to two ounces at birth but increases rapidly.
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4. ____________________________ refers to the first stools after birth and for three to four days afterwards.
5. What is the probable cause of respiratory difficulty in the first few hours of an infant’s life?
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6. Disturbances in the endocrine system are often related to maternally provided hormones. As a result of these disturbances, what conditions could occur in a newborn infant?
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For items 7 through 18. The phrase or statement in Column A is closely related or associated with an item in Column B. Place the letter of the related or associated item in Column B in the space provided to the left of the number in Column A.
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_____ 7. Tends to be folded and creased. _____ 8. Small white or yellow dots on the infant’s nose. _____ 9. A dark or bright red raised, rough surface. _____10. Blue-black colorations on infant’s buttocks. _____11. A yellow discoloration that may be seen in the infant’s skin. _____12. Lemon yellow and curdy. _____13. A state of being collapsed at birth. _____14. Result of infant’s poorly insulated internal organs. _____15. Average newborn’s BP at birth. _____16. Gentle, quiet, rapid, and shallow. _____17. Largest of the two fontanels. _____18. Produces final eye color of infant.
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COLUMN B
a. Body temperature drops after birth. b. 72/80. c. Normal respirations. d. 80/50. e. Anterior. f. Posterior. g. Gradual deposition of pigment. h. Infant’s ears. i. Infant’s lungs. j. Formula stools. k. Jaundice. l. Mongolian spots. m. Milia. n. Hemargioma. |
Lesson 07: Self-Test Answers
1. Layers of subcutaneous fat have not yet covered the capillary beds. (para 7-5)
2. Epstein’s pearls. (para 7-6a)
3. Infant’s stomach. (para 7-6b)
4. Meconium. (para 7-6c)
5. Liberal use of sedatives, tranquilizers, analgesics, and anesthetics during the birthing process. (para 7-8b)
6. Vaginal discharge and bleeding (females).
Enlargement of the mammary glands (both sexes). (para 7-9)
7. h (para 7-4b)
8. m (para 7-5f)
9. n (para 7-5g(2))
10. l (para 7-5c)
11. k (para 7-5d)
12. j (para 7-6c)
13. i (para 7-8a)
14. a (para 7-2d(1))
15. b (para 7-2c)
16. c (para 7-2d)
17. e (para 7-3b)
18. g (para 7-4a(1))