3.01 Key Terms for Infant Physical Dev

What are gross motor skills?

• The coordination of large muscles, such as those in the arms and legs

• The development of an infant from top to bottom

• The development of an infant from near to far

• The coordination of small muscles in the fingers and toes

What are fine motor skills?

• The coordination of large muscles, such as those in the arms and legs

• The development of an infant from top to bottom

• The development of an infant from near to far

• The coordination of small muscles in the fingers and toes

What is cephalocaudal development?

• The development of an infant from top to bottom

• The development of an infant from near to far

• The coordination of the large muscles such as in the arms and legs

• The coordination of small muscles in the fingers and toes

What is proximodistal development?

• The development of an infant from top to bottom

• The development of an infant from near to far

• The coordination of the large muscles such as in the arms and legs

• The coordination of small muscles in the fingers and toes

What is PURPLE crying?

• Predictable periods of distress in an otherwise well-fed, healthy baby

• Crying due to pain

• Uncontrolled crying in a predictable period of time such as the evening.

• Crying due to hunger

What are developmental milestones?

• Behaviors or physical skills seen in children as they grow and develop

• The development of an infant from top to bottom

• Process of teeth coming through the gums

• The coordination of small muscles in the fingers and toes

What is the grasp reflex?

• When an infant's hand closes around a finger when it is placed on their open palm

• When an infant is startled and flings its arms out

• using the forefinger and thumb to pinch or grasp an object

• when an infant's cheek is stroked, it turns toward it and begins sucking motions

What is the rooting reflex?

• When an infant's hand closes around a finger when it is placed on their open palm

• When an infant is startled and flings its arms out

• using the forefinger and thumb to pinch or grasp an object

• when an infant's cheek is stroked, it turns toward it and begins sucking motions

What is the Moro reflex?

• When an infant's hand closes around a finger when it is placed on their open palm

• When an infant is startled and flings its arms out

• using the forefinger and thumb to pinch or grasp an object

• when an infant's cheek is stroked, it turns toward it and begins sucking motions

What is hand-eye coordination?

• The ability of the vision system to coordinate information received through the eyes to control the hands

• using the forefinger and thumb to pinch or grasp an object

• When an object is placed in infant's hand, he will close his fingers around the object

• Predictable periods of distress in a well-fed baby