Concerning the development of bones and muscles,
a. infants have cartilage at birth but not bone.
b. cartilage needs to soften to become bone.
c. infants have all of the muscle cells that they will ever possess.
d. the strength of a newborn is proportionally identical to that of an adult.
Question 2If Webster is an average child, he will have achieved half his adult height around his _____ birthday.
a. second
b. third
c. fourth
d. fifth
Question 3During its first few months after birth, an average newborn gains about an ounce per
a. minute.
b. hour.
c. day.
d. week.
Question 4Colleen is playing a guessing game at a friend's baby shower. If Colleen correctly guesses the birth weight and length of her friend's newborn, she will win a great prize. Based on typical full-term newborn size in the United States, Colleen's best guess would be
a. 5 pounds and 15 inches.
b. 5 pounds and 17 inches.
c. 7 pounds and 17 inches.
d. 7 pounds and 20 inches.
Question 5Which statement does NOT belong on a list of the summarization of a lifespan model of health?
a. Health is a life-long process.
b. Health is determined by both genetic and environmental influences.
c. Changes in health due to aging involve only losses.
d. Health can be enhanced by social and historical factors.
Question 6Humans begin their existence as a single undifferentiated cell and proceed to become a highly complex and organized billion-cell organism. This change best exemplifies the _____ principle.
a. orthogenetic
b. proximodistal
c. cephalocaudal
d. reality
Question 7According to the orthogenetic principle, growth
a. occurs from the inside to the outside.
b. occurs in a head-to-toe direction.
c. is increasingly distinct and organized.
d. consists of gains and losses.
Question 8Infants can flail their arms around before they can move their hands and fingers with any precision. This illustrates the _____ direction of growth.
a. cephalocaudal
b. cephalodistal
c. proximodistal
d. proximocaudal
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