Glossary Flashcards
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Oxytocin
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- Natural hormone that manages key aspects of the female and male reproductive systems, including labour and delivery and lactation, as well as aspects of human behaviour.
- Your hypothalamus makes oxytocin, but your posterior pituitary gland stores and releases it into your bloodstream.
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Ketones
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- Acids in the body which can break down fat to be used for energy.
- If the body cannot get enough energy from your blood glucose then the body will begin breaking down fat instead.
-This creates Ketones
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Poor Placentation
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- This is when the placenta does not transfer blood {containing nutrients and oxygen} between the mother and the foetus.
- This can be caused by an issue with how the placenta has connected to the uterine lining.
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Prokaryotes
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- Organisms that lack a nucleus and other organelles.
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Eukaryotes
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- Cells that have a nucleus where the genetic information {DNA} is stored and is kept separate from the cytoplasm.
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Cytoplasm
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- Gelatinous substance that fills the inside of a cell.
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Penicillin
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- A class of antibiotic medications used to treat bacterial infections.
- They work by breaking down the walls of the cells.
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Hypothermia
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- When the body looses heat faster than it can create it.
- The core temperature drops below 35 degrees Celsius.
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Hyperthermia
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- An elevated body temperature.
-Causes can be infection and heat exposure.
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Hypotension
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- Low blood pressure.
- This is when blood flows through the body at a slower rate.
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Hypervolaemia
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- A state of low extracellular fluid volume.
- Secondary to combined sodium and water loss.
-Bodies should have adequate fluid balance to maintain homeostasis.
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Infectious agent
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- Something that can cause an infection or an infectious disease.
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Pathogen
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- An organism that can produce an infection or virus.
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Gestational Diabetes
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- An elevated glucose level in the blood during pregnancy and often resolves after birth (Post Partum)
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Growth hormone
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- A natural hormone your pituitary gland releases that promotes growth in children, helps maintain normal body structure in adults and plays a role in metabolism in both children and adults.
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Progesterone
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- A hormone commonly produced by the Adrenal Cortex.
-Also produced in the gonads (Ovaries and Testes)
-Secreted by the Ovarian Corpus Luteum during the first 10 weeks of pregnancy.
-Later in the pregnancy it is produced by the placenta.
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Cortisol
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- A hormone that affects almost all organs and tissues in the body.
- Regulates stress response.
- Also controls the body’s use of fats, proteins and carbohydrates and controls our metabolism.
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Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin {HCG}
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- A chemical created by trophoblast tissue, tissue typically found in early embryos and which will eventually be part of the placenta.
- Measuring these levels helps to determine a normal pregnancy or a pathological pregnancy.
- Can also be helpful following an abortive pregnancy.
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Haemorrhage
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- High blood loss which can cause complications.
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Striae Gravidarum
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- Stretch marks.
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Adrenaline
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- A hormone produced by the Adrenal Gland to help prepare the body for stressful or dangerous situations.
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Glucose
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- Glucose is the sugar in the blood
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Fluctuation
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- An irregular riding or falling of an amount.
- A persons temperature frequently fluctuates.
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Afferent
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- Towards the brain
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Efferent
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- Away from the brain
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HPL
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Human Placental
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CHT
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- Congenital Hypothyroidism
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HCAI
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- Health Care Associated Infection
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C.Diff
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- Clostridium Difficile
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BNP
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- Brain Natriuretic Peptide
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Progressive Retraction
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- Upper segment of the uterus thickens and shortens, pulling up the lower segment
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ARM
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- Artificial Rupture of Membranes
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SRM
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- Spontaneous Rupture of Membranes
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