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clmills979

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A cheeselike, whitish substance that fuses with the epidermis and serves as a protective coating is the:
 
  1. vernix caseosa.
  2. surfactant.
  3. caput succedaneum.
  4. acrocyanosis.

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You see a 2-year-old girl playing roughly with a truck. What is your best interpretation of this?
 
  A) She may wish that she were a boy.
  B) She is not comfortable with a boy's toy.
  C) She should not be allowed to have the truck anymore.
  D) She may be using the toy to express emotion.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
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1. Correct. The protection is needed because the infant's skin is so thin.
2. Incorrect. Surfactant is a protein that lines the alveoli of the infant's lungs.
3. Incorrect. Caput succedaneum is the swelling of the tissue over the presenting part of the fetal head.
4. Incorrect. Acrocyanosis is cyanosis of the hands and feet, resulting in blue coloring.

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Reply 2 on: Jun 27, 2018
Wow, this really help

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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