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True or false: birth and milk

Exercise and reference answers

Questions
  1. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Colostrum contains more protein than mature breast milk.
  2. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    Hindmilk is delivered at the start of a feeding.
  3. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    A full-term pregnancy lasts about 270 days from conception.
  4. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    The Apgar score's two most critical criteria are heart rate and respiration.
  5. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    Newborns generate heat mainly by shivering.
Instructions
Swipe or tap true or false for each statement.

Explanation

_Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology (CC BY 4.0), Ch 28, §Changes in the Composition of Breast Milk & §Homeostasis in the Newborn, p.1341-1353_
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