Chapter 33: Obsttrics and Neonatal Care Flashcards
Premature separation of the placenta from the wall of the uterus.
Abruptio Placenta
The fluid-filled, baglike membrane in which the fetus develops.
Amniotic Sac
Describes a condition in which the patient has too few red blood cells, resulting in a decreased ability to transport oxygen throughout the body via the bloodstream.
Anemic
A scoring system for assessing the status of a newborn that assigns a number value to each of five areas.
Apgar Score
The vagina and the canal.
Birth Canal
A small amount of blood in the vagina that appears at the beginning of labor and may include a plug of pink-tinged mucus that is discharged when the cervix begins to dilate.
Bloody Show
A delivery in which the buttocks come out first.
Breech Presentation
Narrowest portion of the uterus that opens into the vagina.
Cervix
The appearance of the fetus’ head at the vaginal opening during labor.
Crowning
Severe hypertension in a pregnant women, resulting in seizures (convulsions).
Eclampsia
A pregnancy that develops outside the uterus, typically in the fallopian tube.
Ectopic Pregnancy
The early stages of development after the fertilization of the egg (the first 10 weeks)
Embryo
The lining inside of the uterus.
Endometrium
A condition caused by the consumption of alcohol by a pregnant women; characterized by growth and physical problems, mental retardation, and a variety of congenital abnormalities.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
The developing, unborn infant inside the uterus, from 10 weeks after fertilization until birth.
Fetus
The dome-shaped top of the uterus.
Fundus
Diabetes that develops during pregnancy in women who did not have diabetes before pregnancy.
Gestational Diabetes
The movement of the fetus down into the pelvis late in pregnancy.
Lightening
A delivery in which the presenting part is a single arm or leg.
Limb Presentation
Fetal Stool. When appearing as a dark green material in the amniotic fluid, it can indicate distress or disease in the newborn; it can be aspirated into the fetus’s lungs during delivery.
Meconium
The spontaneous passage of the fetus and placenta before 20 weeks; also called spontaneous abortion.
Miscarriage
A woman who has had previous pregnancies.
Multigravida
An umbilical cord that is wrapped around the fetus’s neck.
Nuchal Cord
The tissue attached to the uterine wall that nourishes the fetus through the umbilical cord.
Placenta
A condition in which the placenta develops over and covers the cervix.
Placenta Previa
A pregnancy complication that is characterized by high blood pressure, headache, visual changes, and swelling of the hands and feet; also called pregnancy-induced hypertension or toxemia of pregnancy.
Preeclampsia
A condition of late pregnancy that is characterized by headache, visual changes, and swelling of the hands and feet; also called preeclampsia or toxemia of pregnancy.
Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension
The position in which an infant is born; defined by the part of the body that appears first.
Presentation
A woman who is experiencing her first pregnancy.
Primigravida
A situation in which the umbilical cord comes out of the vagina before the fetus.
Prolapse of the umbilical cord
A developmental defect in which a portion of the spinal cord or meninges may protrude outside of the vertebrae and possibly even outside of the body, usually at the lower third of the spine in the lumbar area.
Spina Bifida
Low blood pressure resulting from the compression of the inferior vena cava by the weight of the pregnant uterus when the woman is supine.
Supine Hypertensive Syndrome
A pregnancy that has reached full term, between 39 weeks and 40 weeks, 6 days.
Term Gestation
The structure that connects the pregnant woman to the fetus via the placenta; contains two arteries and one vein.
Umbilical Cord
A white cheesy substance that covers the body of the fetus.
Vernix Caseosa
A delivery in which the head of the newborn comes out first.
Vertex Presentation
