Unit 2

Question 1

The liquid that surrounds and protects the developing baby in the uterus

Answer 1

Amniotic fluid

Question 2

The process of the sperm fertilizing the egg

Answer 2

Conception

Question 3

the developing baby from about the third week of pregnancy through the eighth week

Answer 3

Embryo

Question 4

The developing baby from around the eighth or ninth week of pregnancy until birth

Answer 4

Fetus

Question 5

Female reproductive cell

Egg

Answer 5

Ovum

Question 6

A tissue that connects the developing baby to the uterus

Answer 6

Placenta

Question 7

Male reproductive cell

Answer 7

Sperm

Question 8

A long tube that connects the baby to the placenta

Answer 8

Umbilical cord

Question 9

The fertilized egg

Answer 9

Zygote

Question 10

A tiny thread like structure in the nucleus of every cell

Answer 10

Chromosome

Question 11

The stronger gene

Answer 11

Dominant

Question 12

The weaker gene

Answer 12

Recessive

Question 13

A unit that determines a human’s inherited characteristics

Answer 13

Genes

Question 14

The inability of a man or woman to contribute to conception

Answer 14

Infertility

Question 15

A substitute

A surrogate mom becomes pregnant to have a baby for another woman

Answer 15

Surrogate

Question 16

The process of withdrawing a sample of the amniotic fluid surrounding the unborn baby using a needle

Answer 16

Amniocentesis

Question 17

Testing for specific birth defects by sampling small amounts of tissue from the membrane that surrounds the baby

Answer 17

Chorionic villi sampling

Question 18

When the developing baby dies before the twentieth week of pregnancy

Answer 18

Miscarriage

Question 19

To be born before 37 weeks

Answer 19

Premature

Question 20

When the baby dies after the 20th week of pregnancy

Answer 20

Stillbirth

Question 21

A test that uses sound waves to make a video image of an unborn baby

Answer 21

Ultrasound

Question 22

Abnormalities caused by the mom consuming alcohol during pregnancy

Answer 22

Fetal alcohol effects

Question 23

An incurable condition found in some children of moms who consumed alcohol during pregnancy

Answer 23

Fetal alcohol syndrome

Question 24

Harmful substances that the mom takes while she is pregnant

Can have harmful effects on the baby

Answer 24

Teratogens

Question 25

A condition that results from not having enough red blood cells

Answer 25

Anemia

Question 26

A doctor who specializes in pregnancy and childbirth

Answer 26

Obstetrician

Question 27

A payment that cant be changes

Answer 27

Fixed payment

Question 28

A payment that can be changed

Answer 28

Flexible payment

Question 29

A mixture of milk or milk substitutes, water, and essential nutrients fed to babies

Answer 29

Formula

Question 30

Time taken off by a mom after the baby is born

Answer 30

Maternity leave

Question 31

Time taken off by the dad after the baby is born

Answer 31

Paternity leave

Question 32

The time following the birth of a baby

Answer 32

Postnatal

Question 33

A facility that provides a more homelike environment for labor and delivery

Answer 33

Alternative birth center

Question 34

The birth of a baby

Answer 34

Delivery

Question 35

A registered nurse with advanced training in pregnancy and birth

Answer 35

Nurse midwife

Question 36

A person who has special training in the care of pregnant women and uncomplicated deliveries No nursing degree

Answer 36

Lay midwife

Question 37

Method of giving birth in which pain is reduced through the elimination of fear and the use of special conditioning exercises

Answer 37

Prepared childbirth | Natural childbirth

Question 38

The lower part of the uterus

Answer 38

Cervix

Question 39

Delivery of a baby through a surgical incision in the Mom's abdomen

Answer 39

Cesarean birth

Question 40

The tightening and releasing of the muscles of the uterus

Answer 40

Contraction

Question 41

Widen/open the cervix

Answer 41

Dilation

Question 42

The thinning of the cervix

Answer 42

Effacement

Question 43

An open space found on the baby's head where the skull bones haven't fused together

Answer 43

Fontanels

Question 44

Specialized tongs made from bands of surgical steel which are made to fit the baby's head

Answer 44

Forceps

Question 45

A person's unique emotional makeup

Answer 45

Temperament

Question 46

An instinctive automatic response

Answer 46

Reflex

Question 47

A system of rating the physical condition of a newborn baby

Answer 47

Apgar scale

Question 48

The act of forming emotional ties between parents and child

Answer 48

Bonding

Question 49

High calorie high protein breast milk that the mom first makes

Answer 49

Colostrum

Question 50

A special enclosed crib where the oxygen supply, temperature, and humidity can be closely controlled

Answer 50

Incubator