EMT

Lower part of birth canal

First part of birth canal outside of the uterus

Hairs

If an egg is not fertalized, the female body will discard the egg, extra blood, and tissue...

Placenta and fetal membranes after they are expelled following the baby's birth

The fetal side of the placenta and completely encasing the baby is the...
A double layered membrane

The membranes of the amniotic sac contains the baby and a clear fluid called...

The dilution of blood in a pregnant woman

Protrusion of the largest diameter of the fetal head through the opening of the birth canal

An infant who is born before 37 weeks or is less than 5 1/2 pounds at birth is considered what?

Prevents the small aveoli from collapsing on exhalation

Something you should not let a very premature baby (under 34 weeks gestation) to do...

Baby's head is sharply flexed with the chin on the chest, and the occipital, or vertex, portion of the head is the first part of the body to enter the pelvis. The most desirable and most common presentation.

The buttox is the presenting part

One or both feet or arms enter the pelvis first

Baby is lying transverse in the uterus. Baby can not be delivered vaginally even if the cervix is fully dilated.

A hemorrage occuring in the first 24 hours after birth caused by uterine atony

Failure of the uterus to contract after delivery

Uterus actually turns inside out

The supporting structures fo the uterus fail, causing the uterus to dip out of the vagina

Hemmorage accuring 6-10 days after delivery and the most common cause is retained placental tissue. Also can be caused by infection, sexual (coital) trauma or rupture of the episiotomy wound

An incision made in the perineum by the physician to make delivery easier or to prevent a jagged laceration

Seperation of placenta from the uteran wall before delivery

Growth of placenta over the cervical opening

Loss of pregnancy before 20 weeks

Loss of pregnancy after 20 weeks

Termination of pregancy

Softening and sogginess of the skull and tissues, with peeling away of the skin

When amniotic fluid is released into the maternal circulation through the rupture of the uterus. resembles Pulmonary Embolism. Major symptoms: dyspnea, chest pain, cyanosis, shock

Unknown causes. Second leading cause of maternal death in the US. Symptoms: Elevated BP higher than 140 over 90. Protein in urine. Edema. Signs: Headache, dizziness. Visual disturbances (blurred vision). Epigastric Pain (caused by hemmorages beneathliver capsule)

The worsening of Preeclempsia/Toxemia, causes seizures

Pregnancy that occures outside of uterine cavity, leading death cause of death in childbearing age. Occures in cervix, or overies, abdomial cavity, or fallopian tubes

Pregnancies occuring in fallopian tubes

Absence or cessation of menstral cycle

system of quickly evaluating an infant's Heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, reflex irritability and color at birth. Done at 1 minute, and repeated at 5 minutes after birth

Weak irregular contractions of the uterus felt intermittenly throughout pregnancy, serving to strengthen the uterus in preperation for delivery

Cramps in which the lower abdomen over the pubic bone and sometimes in the lower bac during labor

Developing baby in the uterus from about 9 weeks after fertilization until delivery

Substance that makes up the first stool of a fetus or newborn

Onset fo menstration accurring around 12-14 years

The pelvic floor

The 28 day cycle involving the release of the egg and preperation of the uterus for pregnancy

An organ of pregnancy through which nutrients and waste products are exchanged between mother and fetus. afterbirth is the expelled...

Slipping of the umbilical cord down past the presenting part of the fetus into the vagina

Strusture that connects the fetus to the mother, allowing exchange of nutrients and waste products; contains three blood vessels surrounded by clear, gelatinous substance