Baby Hannah Automatically Turns Her Head in the Direction of a Touch

question 57

Multiple Choice

Baby Hannah automatically turns her head in the direction of a touch on the cheek. This is the ________ reflex; it helps an infant to _________.

• A)rooting; develop hand-eye coordination
• B)rooting; locate food
• C)tonic neck; develop hand-eye coordination
• D)tonic neck; locate food

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Definitions:

Presbyopia

A natural age-related loss of the eyes' ability to focus on close objects, due to the hardening of the lens inside the eye.

Elasticity

In economics, it measures how the quantity demanded or supplied responds to changes in price or income.

Optometrist

A healthcare professional who provides primary vision care, ranging from sight testing and correction to the diagnosis, treatment, and management of vision changes.

Lens

The transparent disk-shaped structure behind the iris and the pupil that changes shape as it focuses on objects at varying distances.