Nutrition Final 2
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- How does the fetus recieve it's nutrients?
- The maternal side of the placental villi bathed in nutrient rich blood and absorb nutrients and release them to the fetus via the fetal capillaries.
- What is the critical period for neural tube development?
- 17 to 30 days gestation
- How much folate are women required to have if they are planning on becoming pregnant?
- 400 micrograms
- How much folate is in food?
- 140 per 100
- About how much weight should be gained during pregancy?
- 25-35 pounds
- What is the pattern of weight gain?
- 3.5 lbs in first month, and about 1 pound each week after.
- What 10 things can happen to a fetus due to malnutrition?
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1. reduce fertility
2. amenorhhea
3. placenta doesn't develop
4. birth defects
5. retardation
6. prematurity
7. spontaneous abortion
8. still birth
9. low birth weight
10. grandchildren - Define low birth weight.
- 5 1/2 lbs
- What are the two hormones that coordinate lactation?
- prolactin and oxytocin
- What hormone is responsible for milk production?
- prolactin
- What hormone is responsible for ejecting milk?
- oxytocin
- How does nutritional inadequacies affect the quality or quantity of breast milk?
- effects quanity not guality
- What does gestation do?
- Gestation that acts on uterus and mammary glands
- How much weight should be gained by age 1?
- 20-25 lbs
- When should a baby be weaned to cow's milk?
- 1 year