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Chapter 37 vocab
Navarra EMT 37
Term | Definition |
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After Birth | The placenta and other tissue that are expelled after the delivery of the fetus |
Amniotic Sac | A thin, transparent membrane that forms the sac that holds the fetus |
Antepartum | The period of pregnancy prior to the onset of labor |
Bloody Show | The mucus and blood that are expelled from the Vagina as labor begins |
Breech Birth | A common abnormality of delivery in which the fetal buttocks are first to come out. |
Cervix | the neck of the uterus |
Crowning | The stage in delivery when the fetal head presents at the Vagina |
Fallopian tubes | Thin, flexible structures that extend from the uterus to the ovaries. |
Fetus | The child in the uterus from the 3rd month of pregnancy to birth |
intrapartum | The period of time from the onset of labor todelivery |
Labor | the process of a child coming out of the Vagina |
Limb presentation | When the arm or leg presents itself first out of the vagina |
Meconium staining | the brownish or yellowish stain that comes from the bowels of the fetus |
miscarriage | When the fetus dies inside of the uterus |
Multiple Birth | the delivery of more than one baby |
neonate | a child from birth to one month of age |
nuchal cord | an umbilical cord that is wrapped around the fetus neck |
obsteric | Having to do with childbirth |
ovaries | the female gonads or sex glands |
perineum | the skin between the vagina and anus |
placenta | fetus is able to get rid of waste during pregnancy |
post maturity syndrome | when the fetus extends beyond 42 weeks |
post partum | the period following delivery of the infant |
post partum hemorrhage | loss of 500 ml or more after delivery |
postern pregnancy | pregnancy that last longer than 42 weeks |
precipitous delivery | birth of a baby less than 3 hours |
pregnancy-induced hypertension | BP 146/90 2 times, 6 hours apart |
premature infant | infant wighs less than 5 pounds, or born before 38 weeks |
premature rupture membrane | rupture of the membrane before 38 weeks |
preterm labor | labor that happens after the 20th week but before the 38th |
prolapsed cord | the umbilical cord comes out before the head |
shoulder Dystocia | The fetal shoulders are bigger than the head |
Spontaneous abortion | The baby dies before 20 weeks |
Supine hypotensive syndrome | When the female lays on her back BP goes up |
Umbilical Cord | Cord that nourishes the baby |
Uterus | Female reproductive system that contains eggs |
Vagina | The passageway for the fetus |