Block 11 Formative Feedback Flashcards
Deformation
Normally formed body structures which are “squished” due to mechanical forces
-> Includes talipes and congenital hip dislocation
Disruption
Alteration of a previously normal body structures after they form
-> Amniotic band
-> Poland anomaly
Process of environmental agent causing abnormality
Teratogenesis
Difference between malformation and sequence
Pattern of multiple malformations
-> Potter
-> Pierre-Robin
Leading direct cause of maternal mortality
Thrombosis
General DIRECT causes of maternal mortality
Thrombosis
Haemorrhage
Suicide
Indirect cause of maternal mortality
Cardiac disease and COVID-19
Hyaline disease of newborn
Respiratory distress syndrome due to pulmonary hypoplasia
General bruising areas
Elbow, shins and bum
Location of fertilisation
Ampullary-isthmic junction
Process to prevent polyspermy
Zona reaction with cortical granule release to alter proteins for sperm binding
Cumulus expansion
Change in the arrangement of the cumulus cells after ovulation
How is sperm selection mediated?
Binding to the oviduct
Cell stage where differentiation occurs
Blastocyst to form ICM and trophectoderm
Reccommended course of action for year-long failure to conceive
Seek advice from GP