Author Question: Other early sensual contacts between infant and mother involve sound and smell. Nurses should be ... (Read 59 times)

clmills979 · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

Other early sensual contacts between infant and mother involve sound and smell. Nurses should be aware that despite what folk wisdom might say:

1. high-pitched voices irritate newborns.
2. infants can learn to distinguish their mother's voice from others soon after birth.
3. all babies in the hospital smell alike.
4. mother's breast milk has no distinctive odor.

Question 2

The unique muscle fibers make the uterine myometrium ideally suited for:

1. menstruation.
2. birth process.
3. ovulation.
4. fertilization.

meow1234 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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1. Incorrect. Infants respond positively to high-pitched voices.
2. Correct. They know the sound of their mother's voice early.
3. Incorrect. Each infant has a unique odor.
4. Incorrect. Infants learn rapidly to distinguish the odor of their mother's breast milk.

Answer to Question 2

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1, 3, 4. Incorrect. The myometrium is made of layers of smooth muscles that extend in three dif-ferent directions. These muscles assist in the birth process by expelling the fetus, ligating blood vessels after birth, and controlling the opening of the cervical os.
2. Correct. The myometrium is made of layers of smooth muscles that extend in three different directions. These muscles assist in the birth process by expelling the fetus, ligating blood vessels after birth, and controlling the opening and the cervical os.