If a Child Is Born Early, It Is Referred to as Having

question 5

True/False

If a child is born early, it is referred to as having preterm status. If it is born early and it weighs less than 5 pounds 8 ounces, it is termed small-for-date.

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Definitions:

Warming

The increase in the Earth's average surface temperature due to rising levels of greenhouse gases and other factors.

Alveoli

Tiny air sacs in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place.

Bronchioles

The small passages in the lungs that lead air to and from the alveoli, instrumental in the process of breathing.

Gas Exchange

The biological process through which organisms exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide with their environment, fundamental in respiration and photosynthesis.