During the Neonatal Period It Is Difficult for the Baby

question 22

Multiple Choice

During the neonatal period it is difficult for the baby to gain and maintain equilibrium because:

• A) There is still fluid in the ears which affects the equilibrium.
• B) The equilibrium centers of the feet are not developed.
• C) The head is one quarter the length of the body.
• D) The eyes and ears have not been sensitized to the environment.
• E) Primitive reflexes are present.

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Definitions:

Calvin Cycle

A series of biochemical reactions that take place in the stroma of chloroplasts in photosynthetic organisms; it is part of the process of converting carbon dioxide and water into glucose.

Carbon Dioxide Fixation

The process of converting gaseous carbon dioxide into an organic or inorganic form, used by plants and some microorganisms in photosynthesis.

RuBP

Ribulose bisphosphate, a five-carbon sugar that is involved in the carbon fixation process of photosynthesis.

Thylakoid Space

The internal compartment of thylakoids in chloroplasts where the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis occur.