Parturition Flashcards
What controls the mechanism of parturition?
Parturition is controlled by
Neuro-endocrine system.
What gives impulses for parturition?
Foetus and placenta give the impulses for parturition.
What is induction of impulse for parturition called and what organs control it?
It is called “foetal ejection impulse”,
given by placenta and foetus.
- What is the foetus called after birth to 7 days?
2. What is it called from 7 days to 1 month?
- Early neonate
2. Late neonate
When do the limbs and digits of a foetus develop?
In the end of the 2nd month ,
in the first trimester.
In which trimester are the genital organs well developed?
End of the Ist trimester.
In which trimester is the first movement of the foetus observed?
2nd trimester.
When do the hair starts appearing on the head of the foetus?
5th month ,2nd trimester.
When do the eyelids separate and the eyelashes form?
By the end of 2nd trimester,7th month .
When do the bones ossify?
3rd trimester.
Which hormone is first secreted when baby is to by born and by which organ?
Adrenocorticotropic hormone
By the adrenal gland.
What does adrenocorticotropic hormone do?
It stimulates adrenal gland to secrete steroids.
What do steroids do in parturition?
Stimulate placenta to produce ‘prostaglandin’.
From where does oxytocin gets secreted?
What does it do?
Posterior pituitary gland,
Causes uterus contractions.
What is the foetal waste removed by colostrum called?
Meconium.
