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What is the most likely explanation for the large, soft lump on the side of the infant's head?
What is the most likely explanation for the large, soft lump on the side of the infant's head?
- Caput succedaneum
- Hydrocephalus
- Cephalhematoma (correct)
- Craniosynostosis
What reflex is being described when the newborn's head is turned to the right side and the arm and leg on the same side straighten out while the opposite arm and leg flex?
What reflex is being described when the newborn's head is turned to the right side and the arm and leg on the same side straighten out while the opposite arm and leg flex?
- Normal and should disappear by the first year of life
- Normal and is called the tonic neck reflex, which should disappear between 3 and 4 months of age (correct)
- Abnormal and is called the atonic neck reflex
- Abnormal. The baby should be flexing the arm and leg on the right side of his body when the head is turned to the right
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