Dynamics of Healthcare - Chapter 12 Test Questions and Correct Answers Latest Update 2024 (Graded
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Development - Answers An orderly pattern of changes in structure, thoughts, feelings, or behaviors
resulting from maturation, life experiences, and learning
Embryo - Answers The developing offspring during the first eight weeks of life
Fetus - Answers The developing child in the uterus from the beginning of the third month until birth
Gestation - Answers The period of development from conception to birth
Growth - Answers An increase in body size or changes in body cell structure, function, and complexity
Factors influencing growth and development - Answers 1) Heredity
2) Prenatal factors
3) Caregiver factors, like mental illness
4) Individual differences, such as vision and hearing impairment
5) Health or illness
6) Environment, including culture
7) Nutrition (He Put Crabs In Her Environment Niche)
Neonate - Answers The child from birth to 28 days; must adapt to extrauterine life through several
significant adjustments (most important in the respiratory and circulatory systems)
During the stages of embryo and fetus - Answers 1) All body organ systems grow and develop
2) By birth, the average infant weighs 7.5 pounds and is 20 inches long
Extrauterine life - Answers Life outside the uterus
Infant stage - Answers Lasts from 1 month to 1 year; growth and development are extremely rapid at
this stage. Infant learns to crawl, walk, attach bonds to people, brain grows about half the adult size,
height increases by 50%
Toddler stage - Answers Lasts from 1 to 3 years of age; growth and development continue steadily but
more slowly than in infancy. Arms,legs, and muscles grow toddler learns to pick up small objects, run,
kick, climb stairs, rode a tricycle, eat with utensils, bladder control
Pre-School child - Answers Stage is from 3 to 6; baby teeth begin to fall out, socialization increases
School-Aged child - Answers Lasts from 6 to 12 years; the brain reaches 90-95% of adult size
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Development - Answers An orderly pattern of changes in structure, thoughts, feelings, or behaviors
resulting from maturation, life experiences, and learning
Embryo - Answers The developing offspring during the first eight weeks of life
Fetus - Answers The developing child in the uterus from the beginning of the third month until birth
Gestation - Answers The period of development from conception to birth
Growth - Answers An increase in body size or changes in body cell structure, function, and complexity
Factors influencing growth and development - Answers 1) Heredity
2) Prenatal factors
3) Caregiver factors, like mental illness
4) Individual differences, such as vision and hearing impairment
5) Health or illness
6) Environment, including culture
7) Nutrition (He Put Crabs In Her Environment Niche)
Neonate - Answers The child from birth to 28 days; must adapt to extrauterine life through several
significant adjustments (most important in the respiratory and circulatory systems)
During the stages of embryo and fetus - Answers 1) All body organ systems grow and develop
2) By birth, the average infant weighs 7.5 pounds and is 20 inches long
Extrauterine life - Answers Life outside the uterus
Infant stage - Answers Lasts from 1 month to 1 year; growth and development are extremely rapid at
this stage. Infant learns to crawl, walk, attach bonds to people, brain grows about half the adult size,
height increases by 50%
Toddler stage - Answers Lasts from 1 to 3 years of age; growth and development continue steadily but
more slowly than in infancy. Arms,legs, and muscles grow toddler learns to pick up small objects, run,
kick, climb stairs, rode a tricycle, eat with utensils, bladder control
Pre-School child - Answers Stage is from 3 to 6; baby teeth begin to fall out, socialization increases
School-Aged child - Answers Lasts from 6 to 12 years; the brain reaches 90-95% of adult size
