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Obstetrics and Neonatal Care Chpt. 31 Flashcards

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1
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A premature separation of the placenta from the wall of the uterus

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Abruptio placenta

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The fluid-filled, baglike membrane in which the fetus devolps

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Amniotic Sac

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A scoring system for assessing the status of a newborn that assigns a number value to each of five areas of assessment

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Apgar Score

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The vagina and cervix

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Birth canal

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A small amount of blood at the vagina that appears at the beginning of labor and may include a plug of pink -tinged mucus that is discharged when the cervix begins to dilate

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Bloody Show

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A delivery in which the buttocks comes out first

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Breech presentation

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Narrowest portion of the uterus that opens into the vagina

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Cervix

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The appearance of the infant’s head at the vaginal opening during labor

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Crowning

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Seizures (convulsions) resulting from severe hypertension in a pregnant woman

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Eclampsia

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A pregnancy that develops outside the uterus, typically in a Fallopian tube

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Ectopic prgnancy

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The fertilzed egg that is the early stage of a fetus

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Embryo

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The lining of the inside of the uterus

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Endometrium

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A condition of infants who are born to women who consume alcohol during pregnancy; characterized by growth and physical problems, mental retardation and a variety of congenital abnormalities

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Fetal alcohol syndrome

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The developing, unborn infant inside the uterus

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Fetus

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The dome shaped top of the uterus

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Fundus

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Diabetes that develops during pregnancy in women who did not have diabetes before pregnacny

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Gestational diabetes

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A sensation felt by a pregnant patient when the fetus positions itself for delivery

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Lightening

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A delivery in which the presenting part is a single arm, leg or foot

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Limb presentation

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A dark green material in the amniotic fluid that can indicate distress or disease in the newborn; the meconium can be aspirated into the infant’s lung during delivery; the infants first bowel movenment

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Meconium

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The passage of the fetus and placenta before 20 weeks; spontaneous abortion

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Miscarriage

21
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A woman who has had previous pregnancies

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Multigravida

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An umbilical that is wrapped around the infants neck

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Nuchal cord

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The tissue attached to the uterine wall that nourishes the fetus through the umbilical cord.

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Placenta

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A condition in which the placenta develops over and covers the cervix

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Placenta previa

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A condition of late pregnancy that involves headache, visual changes and swelling of the hands and feet; also called pregnancy-induced hypertension

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Preeclampsia

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A condition of late pregnancy that involves headache, visual changes and swelling of the hands and feet; also called preeclampsia

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Pregnancy-induced hypertension

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The position in which an infant is born; the part of the infant that appears first

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Presentation

28
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A woman who is experiencing her first pregnancy

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Primagravida

29
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A situation in which the umbilical cord comes out of the vagina before the infant

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Prolapse of the umbilical cord

30
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A developmental defect in which a portion of the spinal cord or meninges may protrude outside of the vertebrae and possibly even outside of the body, usually at the lower third of the lumbar area

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Spina bifida

31
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Low blood pressure resulting from compression of the inferior vena cava by the weight of the pregnant uterus when the mother is supine

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Supine hypotensive syndrome

32
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The conduit connecting mother to infant via the placenta; contains two arteries and one vein

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Umbilical cord

33
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A delivery in which the head comes out first

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Vertex presntation

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