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| husband, wife, & children living in 1 household = "traditional" family |
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| 2/3's of all families - face challenges involving child care, chores, and spending time with family |
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| includes relatives such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins - share expenses and responsibilities with these other relatives |
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| almost 1/3 of all families - struggle with lack of support networks, difficulties childrearing, finances |
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| Reconstructed Nuclear Family |
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| consists of two parents who have biological children from previous relationships |
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| heterosexual couple living together with or without children; not married to each other |
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| Stage 1 - Beginning Family |
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| Stage 2 - Childbearing Family |
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| oldest child under 30 months |
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| Stage 3 - Preschool Family |
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| oldest b/t 30 months & 6 yrs |
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| Stage 4 - School-age Family |
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| Stage 6 - Launching Young Adult Families |
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| period when oldest child is leaving home |
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| Stage 7 - Middle-age Parents Family |
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| experience of "empty nest" and retirement approaching |
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| Stage 8 - Retirement/Old Age Family |
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| from retirement to death of both spouses |
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| process of modifying one's own culture to fit within a new dominant culture but obtaining some of your own practices/beliefs |
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| adopting another's culture as your own |
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| conviction that one's own values/beliefs within one's culture are the best or only acceptable viewpoints |
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| formation of a zygote - 2 wks after 1st day of last period |
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| process by which gametes (ovum/sperm) are produced |
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| process by which germ cells divide and decrease their chromosomal # by half (23 vs. 46) - creates gametes |
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| process by which a new sperm fuses with an ovum to from a new diploid cell or zygote (46 chromosomes) |
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| removes protective coating from the head of a sperm (the acrosome) - allows enzymes to escape and penetrate the ovum |
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| thick, acellular layer which surrounds the ovum closest to the cell membrane |
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| outer layer of ovum; composed of elongated cells |
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- increased peristalsis resulting from high estrogen levels
- thinned cervical mucous for sperm to move more easily as well |
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| Where does fertilization take place? |
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| Ampulla = outer third of the fallopian tube |
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| flagellar movement + fructose as an energy source |
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| zygote undergoes rapid cell division as it moves down the fallopian tube toward the uterus (over 3-4 days) |
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| 16 cells still surrounded by the zona pellucida - reaches uterus |
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| central cavity formed in the cell mass after the morula reaches the uterus and expands - eventually develops into the embryo & the amnion |
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| outer layer of cells surrounding the cavity that replaces the zona pellucida - eventually develops into the chorion |
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| How does implantation happen? |
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| zona pellucida disappears - blastocyst borrows into the endometrium - uterus lining thickens - villi extend into the endometrium to obtain O2 & nutrients & to expell waste |
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| lining of the uterus BEFORE implantation |
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| lining of uterus AFTER implantation |
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| under blastocyst - will from fetal placenta |
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| decidua lining the rest of the uterus |
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| 9 calendar months; 10 lunar months; 40 weeks; 280 days |
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| thick outer embryonic membrane layer |
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| thin, inner embryonic membrane layer; contains amniotic fluid! |
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- cushions
- controls temp
- permits symmetrical growth
- prevents adherence of fetus to amnion
- allows flexion/extension
- acts as wedge during labour
- frees cord of compression
- can be analyzed to determine fetal health
- b/t 700-1000mL = normal amounts |
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| 300mL or less of amniotic fluid |
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| 2000mL or more of amniotic fluid |
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- produces vital substances/stores glycogen & iron
- produces hormones by 11th weeks maintains pregnancy |
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