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| valign="top" |This 5-day-old infant is in the alert, quiet state. | | valign="top" |This 5-day-old infant is in the alert, quiet state. | ||
* For a term newborn the resting posture is flexion of the extremities with the extremities closely adducted to the trunk. | * For a term newborn the resting posture is [[F#flexion|flexion]] of the extremities with the extremities closely adducted to the trunk. | ||
* After the first few days of life, the extremities are still predominantly in the flexed position but they are not as tightly adducted as they are in the first 48 hours of life. | * After the first few days of life, the extremities are still predominantly in the flexed position but they are not as tightly adducted as they are in the first 48 hours of life. | ||
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Newborn-normal-behaviour.jpg</wikiflv> | This 5-day-old infant is in the alert, quiet state.
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