IBCLC Exam - LEC Vocabulary Questions And Answers

IBCLC Exam - LEC Vocabulary Questions And Answers < - Less than > - More than A - Missing - amastia (no breast) ABM - Artificial Baby Milk ABO Incompatibility - Mother's blood type is O Infant's blood type is A, B, or AB Leads to rapid jaundice in infant ac - before meals AGA - appropriate for gestational age Active Transport - Passage of a drug into breastmilk assisted by components in the breastmilk Adrenal hormones - Hormones produced in the adrenal glands. Cortisol, aldosterone, epinepherine and norepinephrine are the primary ones produced. These are "fight or flight" hormones. Aerobic Bacteria - Bacteria that require oxygen for survival Albumin - a protein made in the liver. In the infant bilirubin will bind with the albumin in its blood decreasing its jaundice level. Alcohol - Can decrease milk supply by interfering with the milk ejection process. Withhold nursing until mother feels no effects from the alcohol. About 2 hours for every ounce. Androgen - male steroid hormone Anoxia - Lack of oxygen to the brain Antibody - immunoglobulin produced by the body in response to a specific antigen Antigen - A foreign substance to the human body, often a protein. Apnea - Failure to breath Atopic Excema - An allergic tendency to skin problems, rashes or inflammations Atresia - The absence of normal body openings Atrophy - loss of muscle mass Autocrine Control - Supply and Demand Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative - An initiative by UNICEF and WHO that in 1991 was developed to support breastfeeding in hospitals and maternity centers who follow the ten steps to successful breastfeeding. Bacteriostatic - Prevents growth of bacteria Ballard Scale - A gestational assessment that evaluates the tone of an infants body, flexibility of the wrist, the biceps, knee joints, shoulder girdle and pelvis. Used with preterm infants to ascertain how immature they are. Basal - Basic or lowest body temperature or lowest prolactin level basal metobolic rate - Rate at which energy is used to perform body functions when the body is at rest Bauer's Response - A reflex in which pressure on the sole's of the infants's feet elicits spontaneous crawling effect and extension of the baby's head. Bell Curve - The shape of the normal distribution on a graph resembling the shape of a bell B Cell - A lymphocyte that produces proteins that help destroy pathogens. Bellagio Consensus - Meeting in Europe in 1988 to develop protocols for the Lactation Amenorrhea Method of birth control. Beneficence - The duty to do good BID - twice a day Bilirubin - A by-product of the breakdown of the hemoglobin portion of the red blood cells. This is what causes jaundice in newborn or sick infants. Bioavailable - CONTINUES....