The cheese-like,whitish substance that fuses with the epidermis and serves as a protective coating is called:
A) vernix caseosa.
B) surfactant.
C) caput succedaneum.
D) acrocyanosis.

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This protection,vernix caseosa,is needed because the infant's skin is so thin.Surfactant is a protein that lines the alveoli of the infant's lungs.Caput succedaneum is the swelling of the tissue over the presenting part of the fetal head.Acrocyanosis is cyanosis of the hands and feet that results in a blue coloring.

The Cheese-Like,whitish Substance That Fuses with the Epidermis and Serves