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Ob chapter 12
Question | Answer |
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What is head lag? | The head will fall back because the newborn cannot maintain neutral position of the head |
What is mororeflex? | The infants draw their legs up and the arms fan out and then come toward the midline in an embrace position. |
Rooting reflex | causes the infants head to turn in the direction of anything that touches the cheek, in anticipation of food. |
Caput succedaneum | Swelling of the soft tissues |
Cephalhematoma | condition caused by a collection of blood beneath the periosteum of the crainal bone. |
Fontanelles | Unossified spaces or soft spots on the cranium of a young infant. |
Babys eyes | At first appear blue or grey, the permanent coloring becomes fixed between ages 6 and 12 months. |
Low set ears | May indicate a congenital abnormality in another part of the body. |
ALGO | analyzes hearing by sending a series of soft clicks into the sleeping infants ear. The infants brain responds with a specific brain wave that is referred to as an auditory brainstem response |
Acrocyanosis | peripheral blueness of the hands and feet, is normal and results from poor peripheral circulation |