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Question 1

stage 3 of labor, delivery of the placenta

Answer 1

placental stage

Question 2

stage 2 of labor, full dilation to delivery of the infant

Answer 2

expulsion stage

Question 3

organ that serves as a source of delivery between fetus and mother

Answer 3

placenta

Question 4

period from conception to the birth of a baby

Answer 4

pregnancy

Question 5

first menstral period

Answer 5

menarchy

Question 6

weak irregular uterine contraction

Answer 6

Braxton hicks contractions

Question 7

fluid filled sac surrounding the fetus and attached to the placenta

Answer 7

amnion

Question 8

child birth

Answer 8

parturition

Question 9

developmental stage until 9th week

Answer 9

embryo

Question 10

primary germ layer that gives rise to the nervous system and epidermis

Answer 10

ectoderm

Question 11

organ consisting of two veins and one artery delivery of substances from mother to fetus

Answer 11

umbilical cord

Question 12

stage 1 of labor from the beginning of true contractions until the cervix is dilated 10 cm

Answer 12

dilation stage

Question 13

placental hormone that stimulates regular and frequent powerful uterine contractions

Answer 13

prostaglandins

Question 14

early stage of embryonic development of rapid mitotic cell divisions

Answer 14

cleavage

Question 15

nausea during the first few months of pregnancy

Answer 15

morning sickness

Question 16

series of events that expel an infant from the uterus

Answer 16

labor

Question 17

fertilized egg

Answer 17

zygote

Question 18

from the 9th week of development till birth

Answer 18

fetus

Question 19

hollow ball like structure of about 100 cells of embryonic development

Answer 19

blastocyst

Question 20

primary germ layer that forms mucosae and glands

Answer 20

endoderm

Question 21

surgical incision through the abdominal and uterine walls to deliver a baby

Answer 21

c section

Question 22

hormone that initiates the rhythmic regular uterine contractions of labor

Answer 22

oxytocin

Question 23

primary germ layer that gives rise to the digestive muscle skeleton

Answer 23

mesoderm

Question 24

period of life generally between age 10 and 15

Answer 24

puberty

Question 25

hormone produced by placenta that causes pelvic ligaments to relax and widen

Answer 25

relaxin

Question 26

elaborate projections of the blastocyst that cooperates with the tissue of the mother to form the placenta

Answer 26

chorionic villi

Question 27

occurs the moment the genetic material of a sperm combined with that of an egg

Answer 27

fertilization

Question 28

the placenta and attached fetal membranes

Answer 28

after birth

Question 29

when ovulation and menses cease entirely

Answer 29

menopause

Question 30

oxygen delivery to the infant is inadequate leading to fetal brain damage

Answer 30

dystocia

Question 31

when the baby is coming down the birth canal feet first

Answer 31

Breech