Child Development
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Pre-operational | Children begin to form concepts and use symbols |
| Concrete operational | children begin to use logic to get answers |
| Formal operational | people can think abstractly and accurately draw conclusions |
| Sensormeter | children explore the world with their senses |
| maslow's hierchey of needs | self aculization, esteem, love/belonging, saftey, physiological |
| cervix | neck of the uterus which connects the uterus with the vagina |
| fallipian tubes | tubes leading from the ovaries to the uterus |
| menstrum | periodic discharge of bloody fluid from the uterus through the vagina |
| ovaries | female sex glands |
| ovum | female reproductive cell |
| perineum | between the vagina and anus |
| uthera | canal from the neck of the bladder to the outside of the body through which urine is passed |
| uterus | hollow, muscular organ where the fetus is implanted, sheltered, and nurtured |
| vulva | external genitalia |
| vagina | passage way between the uterus and the vulva |
| penis | male sex organ for urination and intercourse |
| perineum | between the scrotum and the anus |
| scrotum | pouch of loose, wrinkled skin that contains a man's testicles |
| semen | mixture of sperm and seminal fluid ejaculated during intercourse |
| semeial vasicles | small pouches at the back of a man's prostate gland that discharge semen into the urethra |
| sperm | mature male reproductive cell |
| testicles | two male sex glands, |
| urethea | canal from the neck of the bladder to the outside of the body through which urine is passed |
| van deferens tube | duct through which sperm are transported from the testicle to the seminal vesicles and urethra |
| Down's syndrome | chromosomes occurring as a triplet rather than a pair |
| PKU | recessive gene |
| Cleft palate/cleft lip | defect of the face |
| Club hand/foot | foot or hand being twisted |
| Faternal twins | two siblings born at the same time that do not look exactly the same |
| Spontaneous abortion/miscarriage | delivery of a fetus before it has developed enough to survive |
| Toxemia | swollen hands and feet, high blood pressure, and very rapid weight gain |
| Th | blood clots in the legs |
| zygote | developing baby the first two weeks |
| embryo | developing baby from the third to the eighth wee |
| fetus | developing baby after the eighth week |
| umbillical cord | connection between the fetus and the placenta |
| placenta | organ that develops between the embryo and the uterus |
| amniotic fluid | fluid inside the placenta |
| uterus | organ which grows the placenta and houses the fetus |
| lango | fine hair which covers the baby's body |
| quickening | first time that the mother feels the fetus moving |
| lightening | fetus moves to a head down position and drops lower in the pelvis |
| vernix | thick, greasy, wax-like substance which covers the baby |
| Braxton Hicks | contractions, false labor pains |
| first timester | baby's organs are beginning to develop |
| second triimester | begins to experience quickening |
| third trimester | lightening will occur |
| epidural | medication which gives the mother full relief from labor pain |
| episitomy | cut in the perineum done before delivery to help prevent the skin from tearing |
| f | open space on the baby's head where the bones of the skull have not completely formed |
| forceps | special tongs that the doctor uses to guide the baby's head during delivery |
| vacumn suction | form of suction |
| crowning | head is first seen |
| Diliation Stage | vagina must expand |
| explusion stage | baby has entered the birth canal |
| afterbirth stage | process of expelling the placenta, umbilical cord, and amniotic sac from the uterus |
| vaginal delivery | delivery through the vaginal opening |
| nurse midwife | certified nurse with training in child delivery, deliver in hospital |
| lay midwife | trained in child delivery but does not have a certificate, deliver at home |
| certified practitioner midwife | certified in child delivery, not nurses, deliver at home |
| o | doctor who specializes in delivery |
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