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HDF 211 Study Guide Chapter 3


Physical Growth and Development in Infancy

Patterns of Growth

What is the cephalocaudal pattern?

The sequence in which the earliest growth always occurs at the top – the head – with physical growth and differentiation of features gradually working their way down from top to bottom.

What is the proximodistal pattern?  

Sequence in which growth starts at the center of the body and moves towards the extremities.


The Brain
What is Shaken Baby Syndrome?

Brain swelling and hemorrhaging

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