Intrapatum Terms

Question 1

opening or enlargement of the external cervical os

Answer 1

dilation

Question 2

cervix effaces (thins) to allow the presenting fetal part to descend into the vagina

Answer 2

effacement

Question 3

relationship of the presenting part to the level of the maternal pelvic ishial spines

Answer 3

station

Question 4

detects the fetal pulse by sensing and analyzing tissue movements via doppler ultrasound

Answer 4

electronic fetal monitoring

Question 5

transitory abrupt increases in the FHR above the baseline that less than 30 seconds from onset to peak

Answer 5

acceleration (FHR- fetal heart rate)

Question 6

transient fall in FHR caused by stimulation of the parasympathetic nervous system

Answer 6

deceleration (FHR)

Question 7

fluctuations in baseline FHR

Answer 7

variability (FHR)

Question 8

FHR between 110-160

Answer 8

baseline (FHR)

Question 9

laboring woman with a slower than normal rate of cervical dilation, slow progress

Answer 9

cephalopelvic disproportion (CPD)

Question 10

method for determining the presentation, position, and lie of the fetus
1: fetal part is located at fundus
2: which maternal side is fetal back located
3: presenting part
4: fetal head flexed and engaged in the pelvis

Answer 10

Leopold maneuvers

Question 11

temporary, recurrent changes made in response to a stimulus such as a contraction

Answer 11

periodic changes (FHR)

Question 12

occurs when the fetal presenting part begins to descend into the true pelvis

Answer 12

lightening

Question 13

how often contractions occur and is measured from beginning of contraction to the beginning of the next contraction

Answer 13

frequency (contractions)

Question 14

how long a contraction lasts and is measured from beginning and end of the same contraction

Answer 14

duration (contractions)

Answer 15

APGAR

Question 16

pelvis first

Answer 16

breech

Question 17

surgical birth of fetus through an incision in the abdomen and uterine wall

Answer 17

cesarean

Question 18

trial of labor after cesarean or vaginal birth after at least 1 cesarean

Answer 18

TOLAC or VBAC

Question 19

green fluid, baby pooped

Answer 19

meconium

Question 20

woman servant or caregiver, offers emotional and practical support to a mother or couple before, during, and after childbirth

Answer 20

doula

Question 21

process by which the cervix softens via the breakdown of collagen leading to its elasticity and distensibility preceding cervical dilation

Answer 21

cervical ripening

Question 22

signifies the entrance of the largest diameter of the fetal presenting part into the smallest diameter of the maternal pelvis

Answer 22

engagement

Question 23

where intensity of the contraction is determined

Answer 23

IUPC (intrauterine pressure catheter)

Question 24

placement of a spiral electrode into the fetal presenting part to assess FHR and pressure transducer placed internally within the uterus to record uterine contractions

Answer 24

FSE (fetal scalp electrode)

Question 25

synthetic oxytocin to induce or augment labor by stimulating uterine contractions

Answer 25

pitocin

Question 26

change shape of the fetal skull at birth as a result of overlapping of the cranial bones

Answer 26

molding

Question 27

part that is presented in labor

Answer 27

presenting part

Question 28

seeing or palpating the cord outside or within the vagina in addition to abnormal FHR patterns

Answer 28

prolapsed cord

Question 29

blood collecting beneath the scalp

Answer 29

cephalohematoma

Question 30

fluid collecting in the scalp, edema of the scalp at the presenting part

Answer 30

caput succedaneum