The Apgar Scoring System Is Used to Evaluate an Infant's

question 131

Multiple Choice

The Apgar scoring system is used to evaluate an infant's

• A) status immediately after birth and then again five minutes later.
• B) weight at birth and at one week after birth.
• C) social responses at one day and one week after birth.
• D) strength of crying, blood pressure, and birth-weight immediately after birth.
• E) readiness to be taken home.

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Definitions:

Plasticity

The brain's ability to change and adapt as a result of experience, including both structural and functional modifications.

Neural Pathways

Networks of neurons that transmit signals between different parts of the brain or from the brain to the rest of the body.

Refractory Periods

The time period immediately following an action potential during which a neuron is unable to fire another impulse.

Phrenology

A now-discredited theory which postulated that bumps on the skull could predict mental traits and character.