answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

to keep the skin on the baby nice and soft

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What is normal and abnormal in vernix caseosa?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What is the vernix caseosa?

The vernix caseosa is a white cheesy substance that covers and protects the skin of the fetus and is still all over the skin of a baby at birth. The vernix caseosa is composed of sebum (the oil of the skin) and cells that have sloughed off the fetus' skin.


How do you clean vernix caseosa?

With baby oil.


Many babies are born with a cheesy covering known as?

vernix caseosa


What does the sebaceous gland secrete in the fetus?

Vernix caseosa is the whitish paste-like stuff that covers the fetus. It is made up of secretions from the sebaceous glands and degenerated epidermal cells and hair.


What is the technical name of the white mucus found on a newborn baby?

Vernix caseosa


What protects the fetus's skin within the water-filled amniotic sac?

Vernix Caseosa


What protects the fetus's skin within the water- filled amniotic sac?

Vernix Caseosa


Is it normal to be abnormal or abnormal to be normal?

Both.


What is the opposite of normally?

Abnormal


Is it normal to be abnormal?

abnormal is anything that is not considered as normal


What is the atomic number of Meconium?

This is the serious answer, if the question was also.Meconium is the greenish mass of mucous, desquamated epithelial cells, lanugo, and vernix caseosa that collects in the fetal intestine,becoming the first fecal discharge of the newborn.So it is NOT an atom, it has no number.If this question was NOT serious though, be aware, Vandal patrol is on its way.


What is the difference between normal reaction and abnormal reaction?

Normal reaction happens when the reaction is normal. Abnormal reaction happens when the reaction is abnormal.