Chapter 5
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28 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Vernix | protects skin |
| preterm | before 36 weeks |
| 3 | Baby grows__times its body weight in first 2 years |
| Cephalocaudal | Head down |
| Proximodistal | Trunk out |
| Soft spot | allows for rapis brain growth that occurs within first 2 years (from 25-75%) |
| Synapses | connective spaces between cells |
| Neurons | cells that recieve and transmit neural impulses |
| Glia | Nourishes neurons |
| Synaptogenesis | formation of synaptic connections between neurons |
| Plasticity | cells are responsive to effects of experience (use it or lose it) |
| Thinking | The cerebum and cerebral cortex control ____ |
| Myelinization | formation of protective sheath around neurons - allows for transmission of neural impulses |
| cerebral lateralization | involves specialized functions in left vs/ right sides of cerebral hemisphere |
| Bad | A ___relationship with a father can lead girls to having their period earlier |
| Girls | Hit puberty around age 9-10 |
| Boys | Hit puberty around age 11-12 |
| Secular Trend | Earlier sexual maturation and bigger bodies |
| Confidence | For boys, earlier puberty results in____ |
| Inferior | for boys, later puberty results in______ |
| Less outgoing | for girls, earlier puberty results in_____ |
| Marasmus | Underweight, frail, starved (younger) |
| Kwardiorkor | Swollen belly due to lack of protein, eating body up |
| Obesity | _____effects 14% of boys and 12% of girls |
| Failure to thrive | 18 months, non-caring, abusive environment, even when fed |
| Deprivation dwarfism | happens in ages 2-15 years, fmaily environment is emotionaly deprived, stressing, lack of affection |
| menarche | onset of period |
| spermarch | first boner with ejaculation |
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