FRHD 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Vital Signs 1, Primitive Reflexes, Leg Before Wicket

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1010
• Professor: Susan Chuang

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Test: m\c ch1-3 ch. 1-3 biology terminology if you cannot pronounce it you wont be tested no weeks or days. From zygote to newborn (know what happens in each stage not actually week) Germinal: first 17 days: within hours of conception, zygote (single cells) begin to divide. Embryo: week 3-8: week 4: head forms, week 5: arms and legs. Fetus: week 9-birth (wk 38: fetus occurs, week 9: sex organs (see in ultrasound, age of viability: 22 wks. If the feet come out first the umbilical cord can wrap around the babies neck. Fetal brain signals release of hormones, oxytocin, preparing the fetus to come out. Average first birth: labour is 12 hours. Tests need to be done to ensure. Score of 7 is average; 10 is rarely reached. 5 vital signs to check at 1 and 5 minutes. 5 vital signs: appearance: colour of skin, pulse: heartbeat, grimace: reflex irritability (crying, sneezing, activity: muscle tone, respiration: are they breathing okay.