OB COMMON TERMS

Question 1

Antepardum

Answer 1

Occurring or existing before birth

Question 2

Intrapartum

Answer 2

The time period spanning child birth from the onset of labor through the delivery of the placenta]

Question 3

Postpartum

Answer 3

Following child birth

Question 4

Uterus

Answer 4

Hollow pear shaped organ hat is located na woman’s lower abdomen between the bladder and rectum

Question 5

Myometrium

Answer 5

Middle layer of the uterus is muscular tissue that expands during pregnancy to hold the growing fetus and contracts during labor to deliver the child

Question 6

Upper uterine segment

Answer 6

Main portion of the body of the gravidad uterus the contraction of which furnishes the chief force of expulsion in labor

Question 7

Lower uterine segment

Answer 7

The inferior portion or isthmus of the uterus the lower extremity which joins with the cervical canal nd during pregnancy expands to become the lower portion of the uterine cavity

Question 8

Cervix

Answer 8

Lowest region of the uterus that attaches the uterus to the vag and provides passage between the vag cavity and the uterine cavity

Question 9

Amniocentesis

Answer 9

Bladder full under 20 wks
Bladder empty 20-24 wks to avoid puncturing the bladder