What will the nurse note when assessing an infant with asymmetric intrauterine growth retardation?
a. One side of the body appears slightly smaller than the other.
b. All body parts appear proportionate.
c. The head seems large compared with the rest of the body.
d. The extremities are disproportionate to the trunk.
C
In asymmetric intrauterine growth retardation, the head is normal in size but appears large because the infant's body is long and thin due to lack of subcutaneous fat.
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