Definitions - Obstetric

Question 1

Gravida

Answer 1

pregnancy, regardless of duration, including present pregnancy

Question 2

Para

Answer 2

prefix - indicates beside or beyond

Question 3

Primigravida

Answer 3

condition of being pregnant for the first time

Question 4

Multigravida

Answer 4

condition of being pregnant two or more times

Question 5

Parturition

Answer 5

the act or process of giving birth

Question 6

Nullipara

Answer 6

condition of never having delivered an infant after 24 weeks gestation

Question 7

Grand multigravida

Answer 7

condition of being pregnant 5 or more times

Question 8

Liquor

Answer 8

amniotic fluid

Question 9

Cephalic

Answer 9

of, or relating to the head

Question 10

Breech

Answer 10

indicates baby is positioned with it’s feet or buttocks towards the cervix

Question 11

Footling breech

Answer 11

when baby’s legs are positioned below baby’s bottom (legs drop into vagina first during birth)

Question 12

Foetal position

Answer 12

relationship of the identified landmark on the presenting part to the four quadrants of the mothers pelvis

Question 13

Foetal attitude

Answer 13

relationship of foetal body parts to one another, either flexion or extension

Question 14

Foetal presentation

Answer 14

determined by the foetal lie & the part of the foetus that enters the pelvis first

Question 15

Operculum

Answer 15

the cervical mucus plug that blogs the cervix after conception

Question 16

Braxton hicks

Answer 16

irregular, intermittent contractions felt by the pregnant women towards the end of pregnancy

Question 17

Effacement

Answer 17

thinning of the cervix

Question 18

Dilation

Answer 18

act or process of expanding

Question 19

Station

Answer 19

relationship of the foetal presenting part to the ischial spines

Question 20

Occiput

Answer 20

posterior (back) portion of the head or skull

Question 21

Vertex

Answer 21

baby is positioned head down in the birth canal

Question 22

Crowning

Answer 22

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