Pregnancy Vocab Flashcards
A female cell or egg
Ovum
The process when the sperm reaches the fallopian tubes and penetrates and fertilizes the ovum.
Conception/fertilization
The fertilized human egg
Zygote
A mammalian blastula in which some differention of cell occur
Blastcoyst
The name of the developing baby from the 3rd week of pregnancy through the eighth week.
Embryo
The state of development that begins around the eighth or ninth week of pregnancy and lasts until birth.
Fetus
The babys development during a pregnancy.
Prenatal
A fluid that protects the developing baby.
Amniotic fluid.
The tissue that connects the developing baby to the uterus. Rich in blood vessels that allow nutrients and oxygen to flow to the body.
Placenta
A long tube that connects the baby to the placenta and transmits oxygen.
Umbilical chord
A prenatal test performed by withdrawing a sample of the amniotic fluid.
Amniocenteses
A procedure in which sound waves are used to make a video image of the unborn baby.
Ultra sound.
A prenatal test that uses a sample tissue from the membrane that encases the fetus to check for specific birth defects.
Chronic villi sampling.
A thick white pasty substance covering babies in the uterus that protects them from constant exposure to amniotic fluid.
Vernix
A condition caused by a lack if iron
Anemia
Fine downy hair that may be present on the forehead back and shoulders of a newborn.
Lanugo
Death of baby after 20 weeks.
Stillbirth.
Babies waste does bit get taken away and can be deadly to mom and baby.
Toxemia.
The 3 states of the babys growing in the uterus
Trimester
A doctor who specializes in pregnancy and child birth.
Obstetrician
Flattens out the cervix
Effacement
Thickening and release of the muscle of the uterus.
Contractions
Enlarging of vagina
Episiotomy
A rating system used to evaluate newborns physically after birth
Apgar test
