Obstetrics: Vocabulary

Question 1

Ovulations

Answer 1

Release of an egg from the ovary

Question 2

Placenta

Answer 2

The organ that serves as a lifeline for the developing fetus. The placenta is attached to thrall of the uterus and the umbilical cord.

Question 3

Afterbirth

Answer 3

The placenta and accompanying membranes that are expelled from the uterus after the birth of a child.

Question 4

Amniotic Sac

Answer 4

The membranes that surround and protect the developing fetus throughout the period of intrauterine development.

Question 5

Amniotic Fluid

Answer 5

Clear, watery fluid that surrounds and protects the developing fetus.

Question 6

Estimated date of confinement

Answer 6

The approximate date the infant will be born. This date is usually set at 40 weeks after the date of the mothers last menstrual period

Question 7

Effacement

Answer 7

The thinning and shortening of the cervix during labor

Question 8

Tocolysis

Answer 8

The process of stopping labor

Question 9

Puerperium

Answer 9

The time period surrounding the birth of the fetus

Question 10

Labor

Answer 10

The time in process that occurred during childbirth; the physiologic and mechanical process in which the baby, placenta, and amniotic sac are expelled through the birth canal.

Question 11

Neonate

Answer 11

Newborn infant