OBS & GYNAE - Ch. 17 The Foetal Environment Flashcards

1
Q

ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE

A

PREMATURE SEPARATION OF THE PLACENTA FROM THE UTERUS

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ANNULAR PLACENTA

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BANDLIKE PLACENTA ENCIRCLING THE INTERNAL UTERUS

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Q

BATTLEDORE PLACENTA

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PLACENTA WITH THE UMBILICAL CORD INSERTED INTO THE BORDER

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BILOBED PLACENTA (SUCCENTURIATE LOBE)

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EXTRA PLACENTAL LOBE SMALLER THAN THE PLACENTA

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BRAXTON-HICKS

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UTERINE CONTRACTIONS THAT DO NOT LEAD TO LABOR

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CERCLAGE

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STITCH PLACED INTO THE INCOMPETENT CERVIX TO PREVENT OPENING

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7
Q

CIRCUMVALLATE PLACENTA

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ABNORMALLY ATTACHED PLACENTA WITH A PERIPHERAL RAISED RING

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8
Q

COTYLEDONS

A

LOBULE OR SUBDIVISION OR MATERNAL PLACENTA CONTAINING FOETAL VESSELS, CHORIONIC VILLI, AND THE INTERVILLOUS SPACE

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9
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CORD PROLAPSE

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DELIVERY OF THE CORD BEFORE THE FOETUS

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10
Q

INTERVILLOUS THROMBOSIS

A

CLOT IN THE INTERVILLOUS SPACES OF THE PLACENTA

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INTERVILLOUS SPACES (SINUS)

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PLACENTAL SPACES THAT COMMUNICATE WITH MATERNAL VESSELS

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12
Q

NUCHAL CORD

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360 DEGREE WRAPPING OF THE UMBILICAL CORD AROUND THE FOETAL NECK

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13
Q

PLACENTA ACCRETA, INCRETA AND PERCRETA

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ABNORMAL ATTACHMENT OF THE PLACENTA TO THE UTERUS WITH DIFFERENT TERMS USED TO DESCRIBE THE DEPTH OF PLACENTAL INVASION

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14
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PLACENTAL HYDROPS

A

ABNORMAL FLUID ACCUMULATION COEXISTING WITH FETAL HYDROPS

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15
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PLACENTA PREVIA

A

LOW UTERINE IMPLANTATION OF THE PLACENTA RESULTING IN TOTAL OR PARTIAL COVERING OF THE CERVIX

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16
Q

RETROPLACENTAL

A

AREA BETWEEN MYOMETRIUM AND PLACENTA

17
Q

PLACENTAL INFARCTION

A

TISSUE DEATH RESULTING FROM CIRCULATORY OBSTRUCTION

18
Q

PLACENTAL MEMBRANACEA

A

FETAL MEMBRANES COVERED BY CHORIONIC VILLI DUE TO FAILURE OF CHORION DIFFERENTIATION INTO THE CHORION LAEVE AND CHORION FRONDOSUM

19
Q

TROPHOBLAST

A

EXTRAEMBRYONIC TISSUE THAT DEVELOPS INTO THE PLACENTA

20
Q

VALSALVA

A

INHALATION AND SUSPENSION OF BREATH COUPLED WITH ABDO MUSCLE CONTRACTION TO INCREASE ABDO PRESSURE

21
Q

VASA PREVIA

A

CROSSING OR THE CERVIX BY THE UMBILICAL CORD COEXISTING WITH A VELAMENTOUS CORD INSERTION OR PLACENTAL SUCCENTURIATE

22
Q

VELAMENTOUS INSERTION

A

CORD ATTACHMENT TO THE EDGE OF THE PLACENTA

23
Q

VERNIX CASEOSUM

A

WHITE, CHEESELIKE COATING OF FETAL SKIN

24
Q

WHARTON’S JELLY

A

MUCOUS TISSUE SURROUNDING THE UMBILICAL CORD