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Anatomy and Physiology Midterm Exam
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
What is birth, a.k.a_________ - ✔️✔️Parturition, i.e. point of transition between the prenatal
and postnatal periods of life
Birth canal is a.k.a________ - ✔️✔️Vagina
Babies should be born head________ and head _________ - ✔️✔️down; first
Labor= - ✔️✔️the process that results in the birth of a baby
List and describe the 3 stages of labor - ✔️✔️Stage 1: period from the onset of uterine
contractions until dilation of the cervix is complete
Stage 2: period from the time of maximal cervical dilation until the baby exits through the
vagina
Stage 3: process of expulsion of placenta through the vagina
[FIB] Birth WS - ✔️✔️Birth WS
What is the gender of the human, a.k.a. ________ ______ in the video? _______ - ✔️✔️a.k.a
Homo sapiens. Female
How long is the normal human gestation period? - ✔️✔️40 weeks/10 months
What is a human's first challenge after birth? - ✔️✔️Breathe or die
What is inside a fetus's lungs before birth? - ✔️✔️amniotic fluid
________=the hormone that causes a baby to take its first breath. - ✔️✔️Adrenaline
List [V] in order the 8 structures through which air travels when a person inhales. - ✔️✔️1.
nose/mouth
2. pharynx
3. larynx
4. trachea
5. bronchi
6. bronchioles
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7. alveoli
8. capillaries
What is wrong with a newborn's heart? - ✔️✔️there are 2 holes in the aorta and one in the
heart itself and diverts the fetus's blood away from its inactive lungs
Name the most crucial substance the dory as a whole must have in order to survive. -
✔️✔️oxygen
List the 2 basic functions the organs of the respiratory system are designed to perform. -
✔️✔️1. air distributor
2. gas exchanger
What is meconium? - ✔️✔️a sticky green/black tar-like material composed of digested
amniotic fluid and dead cells
What is a six-hour old baby's biggest challenge? - ✔️✔️the cold
What does brown fat do? - ✔️✔️prevents hypothermia by generating heat
Who else has brown fat? - ✔️✔️hibernating animals
Where in the body is brow fat? - ✔️✔️around BV's and body organs
List 2 human instincts - ✔️✔️1. urge to breathe
2. nursing behavior
What is a baby's first defense against bacteria? - ✔️✔️mother's milk
How does the mother's production of milk keep the baby healthy? - ✔️✔️Step 1: contact with
baby causes mother to absorb baby's bacteria into her body.
Step 2: mother's immune system makes antibodies that can destroy the bacteria
Step 3: mother delivers the bacteria killing antibodies to baby in her milk
What do we call the special neurons that detect chemicals in the air? - ✔️✔️olfactory sense
receptors
What organ interprets the impulses from these neurons as "smells"? - ✔️✔️the brain
What is the common term for tympanic membrane? - ✔️✔️ear drum
"[FIB] Page 1 of Outline" - ✔️✔️Page one of class notes
"Outline - page 2" - ✔️✔️Page 2 of class notes
All of the following will have #'s for answers:
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Anatomy and Physiology Midterm Exam
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
What is birth, a.k.a_________ - ✔️✔️Parturition, i.e. point of transition between the prenatal
and postnatal periods of life
Birth canal is a.k.a________ - ✔️✔️Vagina
Babies should be born head________ and head _________ - ✔️✔️down; first
Labor= - ✔️✔️the process that results in the birth of a baby
List and describe the 3 stages of labor - ✔️✔️Stage 1: period from the onset of uterine
contractions until dilation of the cervix is complete
Stage 2: period from the time of maximal cervical dilation until the baby exits through the
vagina
Stage 3: process of expulsion of placenta through the vagina
[FIB] Birth WS - ✔️✔️Birth WS
What is the gender of the human, a.k.a. ________ ______ in the video? _______ - ✔️✔️a.k.a
Homo sapiens. Female
How long is the normal human gestation period? - ✔️✔️40 weeks/10 months
What is a human's first challenge after birth? - ✔️✔️Breathe or die
What is inside a fetus's lungs before birth? - ✔️✔️amniotic fluid
________=the hormone that causes a baby to take its first breath. - ✔️✔️Adrenaline
List [V] in order the 8 structures through which air travels when a person inhales. - ✔️✔️1.
nose/mouth
2. pharynx
3. larynx
4. trachea
5. bronchi
6. bronchioles
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7. alveoli
8. capillaries
What is wrong with a newborn's heart? - ✔️✔️there are 2 holes in the aorta and one in the
heart itself and diverts the fetus's blood away from its inactive lungs
Name the most crucial substance the dory as a whole must have in order to survive. -
✔️✔️oxygen
List the 2 basic functions the organs of the respiratory system are designed to perform. -
✔️✔️1. air distributor
2. gas exchanger
What is meconium? - ✔️✔️a sticky green/black tar-like material composed of digested
amniotic fluid and dead cells
What is a six-hour old baby's biggest challenge? - ✔️✔️the cold
What does brown fat do? - ✔️✔️prevents hypothermia by generating heat
Who else has brown fat? - ✔️✔️hibernating animals
Where in the body is brow fat? - ✔️✔️around BV's and body organs
List 2 human instincts - ✔️✔️1. urge to breathe
2. nursing behavior
What is a baby's first defense against bacteria? - ✔️✔️mother's milk
How does the mother's production of milk keep the baby healthy? - ✔️✔️Step 1: contact with
baby causes mother to absorb baby's bacteria into her body.
Step 2: mother's immune system makes antibodies that can destroy the bacteria
Step 3: mother delivers the bacteria killing antibodies to baby in her milk
What do we call the special neurons that detect chemicals in the air? - ✔️✔️olfactory sense
receptors
What organ interprets the impulses from these neurons as "smells"? - ✔️✔️the brain
What is the common term for tympanic membrane? - ✔️✔️ear drum
"[FIB] Page 1 of Outline" - ✔️✔️Page one of class notes
"Outline - page 2" - ✔️✔️Page 2 of class notes
All of the following will have #'s for answers:
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