OB Vocabulary

Question 0

Amnion

Answer 0

Inner membrane of two fetal membranes that form the sac and contain the fetus and the fluid that surrounds it in utero

Question 1

Acrocyanosis

Answer 1

Blueish color of the hands and feet

Question 2

Antepartal

Answer 2

Before labor

Question 3

Cephalhematoma

Answer 3

Extravasation of blood from ruptured vessels between a skull bone and its external covering, the periosteum. Swelling is limited by the margins of the cranial bone affected

Question 4

Chadwick’s Sign

Answer 4

Violet color of vaginal mucous membrane that is visible from about the fourth week of pregnancy, caused by increased vascularity

Question 5

Chorion

Answer 5

Fetal membrane closest to the intrauterine wall that gives rise to the placenta and continues as the outer membrane surrounding the amnion

Question 6

Coomb’s Test

Answer 6

Determination of Rh-positive antibodies in maternal blood

Question 7

Ductus arteriosus

Answer 7

In fetal circulation an anatomy shunt between the pulmonary artery and arch of the aorta. It is obliterate after birth by a rising po2 and a change in intravascular pressures in the presence of normal pulmonary function. It normally be ones a ligament after birth but in some instances remains patent

Question 8

Effacement

Answer 8

Thinning and shortening or obliteration of the cervix that occurs during late pregnancy or labor or both

Question 9

Foremen ovale

Answer 9

Septal opening between the atria of the fetal heart. The opening normally closes shortly after birth but if it remains patten, surgical repair usually is necessary

Question 10

Funic souffle

Answer 10

Soft, muffled, blowing sound produced by blood rushing through the umbilical vessels and synchronous with the fetal heart sound

Question 11

Lanugo

Answer 11

Downy, fine hair

Question 12

Linea nigra

Answer 12

Line of darker pigmentation seen in some women during pregnancy that appears on the middle of the abdomen

Question 13

Meconium

Answer 13

First stools of infant

Question 14

Milia

Answer 14

Unopened sebaceous glands appearing as tiny white pinpoints on the face(baby zits)

Question 15

Mongolian spots

Answer 15

Bluish grey or dark nonelevated pigmented area usually found on the lower back at birth in infants

Question 16

Multipara

Answer 16

Women who have carried two or more babies to term

Question 17

Nuchal cord

Answer 17

Cord around babies neck

Question 18

Polyhydramnios

Answer 18

Amniotic fluid in excess of 1.5 liters

Question 19

Quickening

Answer 19

Maternal perception of fetal movement

Question 20

Rooting

Answer 20

Normal response if the newborn to move toward whatever touches the area around the mouth and to attempt to suck

Question 21

Station

Answer 21

Relationship of the presenting fetal part to an imaginary line drawn between the spines of the pelvis

Question 22

Striae gravidarum

Answer 22

Stretch marks..

Question 23

Vernix caseosa

Answer 23

Grey-white cheese

Question 24

Wharton’s Jelly

Answer 24

White, gelatinous material surrounding the umbilical vessels within the cord