Putting Babies to Sleep on Their Backs to Reduce the Risk

question 288

Multiple Choice

Putting babies to sleep on their backs to reduce the risk of crib death has been associated with a slight delay in children's

• A) walking.
• B) crawling.
• C) bladder control.
• D) stranger anxiety.

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Definitions:

Superior and Inferior Colliculi

Paired structures in the midbrain involved in visual and auditory reflexes; the superior colliculi in processing visual information and inferior colliculi in processing auditory information.

Tissue Plasminogen Activator

An enzyme that helps dissolve blood clots, often used in treating strokes and heart attacks.

Ischemic Stroke

A type of stroke caused by an obstruction within a blood vessel supplying blood to the brain.

Reticular Formation

A complex network of nerve pathways in the central nervous system that plays a key role in controlling arousal, wakefulness, and transitions between sleep and wakefulness.