Female Vocab

Question 1

Amenorrhea

Answer 1

Absence of menstrual flow

Question 2

Amniotic fluid

Answer 2

Fluid contained in a sac surrounding the fetus during pregnancy

Question 3

Antepartum

Answer 3

From conception to the delivery of the baby

Question 4

Cervix

Answer 4

Neck of the uterus

Question 5

Dysmenorrhea

Answer 5

Painful menstrual flow

Question 6

Embryo

Answer 6

Product of conception from week 2 until week 8 of pregnancy

Question 7

Endometrium

Answer 7

Inner lining of the uterus

Question 8

Episiotomy

Answer 8

Surgical incision is made into a woman’s perineum to prevent tearing of the perineum during delivery of a baby

Question 9

Estrogen

Answer 9

Female hormone

Question 10

Fallopian tubes

Answer 10

Tubes joined to the uterus which provides a passageway for the ovum to the uterus

Question 11

Fertilization

Answer 11

Union of the sperm and the ovum

Question 12

Fetoscope

Answer 12

Stethoscope used especially to listen to fetal heartbeat

Question 13

Fetus

Answer 13

Developing baby from 8 weeks to delivery

Question 14

Gestation

Answer 14

The term of pregnancy . Usually 280 days from the start to last menstrual period

Question 15

Gravida

Answer 15

Number of pregnancies a woman has had

Question 16

Labour

Answer 16

Stage 1: dilation of cervix
Stage 2: delivery
Stage 3: delivery of placenta

Question 17

Mammary glands

Answer 17

Female breasts

Question 18

Menarche

Answer 18

First menstrual period

Question 19

Menstruation

Answer 19

Shedding of the endometrium. Inner lining of uterus

Question 20

Myometrium

Answer 20

Middle muscular layer of uterus

Question 21

Ovary

Answer 21

Produce nature ova, estrogen and progesterone

Question 22

Ovulation

Answer 22

Release of the mature ovum 14 days prior to menstruation

Question 23

Para

Answer 23

Number of deliveries greater than 20 weeks. A delivery includes multiples and stillbirths

Question 24

Perineum

Answer 24

Area in a female between vagina and anus

Question 25

Placenta

Answer 25

Organ that connects the developing fetus to the uterine wall and provides nutrients and gas exchanges between fetus and mother

Question 26

Postpartum

Answer 26

6 weeks after birth

Question 27

Primigravida

Answer 27

Woman pregnant for the first time

Question 28

Progesterone

Answer 28

Female hormone secreted by the ovaries to prepare to maintain the uterine lining during pregnancy

Question 29

Puberty

Answer 29

Period of life when the ability to reproduce begins

Question 30

Salpingectomy

Answer 30

Surgical removal of the Fallopian tubes

Question 31

Trimester

Answer 31

Divisions of pregnant measuring three months

Question 32

Uterus

Answer 32

Organ where a fetus develops and where menstration occurs when a woman isn't pregnant

Question 33

Vagina

Answer 33

Muscular tube connecting the uterus to the vulva

Question 34

Abortion

Answer 34

Pregnancy termination by surgical intervention