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38 Cards in this Set
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BALLOTTEMENT
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REBOUNDING OF THE FLOATING FETUS WHEN PUSHED UPWARDS THROUGH THE VAGINA OR ABDOMEN WALL
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BRAXTON-HICK'S CONTRACTIONS
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IRREGULAR PAINLESS UTERINE CONTRACTIONS FELT BY PREGNANT WOMAN TOWARDS THE END OF PREGNANCY ARE SOMETIMES MISTAKEN FOR TRUE LABOR SIGNS
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CHADWICK'S SIGN
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PURPLISH-BLUE COLOR OF THE CERVIX AND VAGINA NOTED AT ABOUT THE 8 TH WEEK OF PREGNANCY
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CHLOASMA
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DARKENING OF SKIN OF THE FOREHEAD AND AROUND THE EYES
ALSO CALLED THE MASK OF PREGNANCY |
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CHORION
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OUTER FETAL MEMBRANE FORMED FROM THE TROPHOBLAST
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COLOSTRUM
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STRUCTURE THAT CONNECTS THE FETUS TO THE PLACENTA
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COTYLEDON
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SUBDIVISION ON THE MATERNAL SIDE OF PLACENTA
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CONVADES
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DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS BY EXPECTANT FATHERS SUCH AS FATIGUE, DEPRESSION, HEADACHES, BACKACHES, AND NAUSEA
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DUCTUS ARTERIOUS
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FETAL VESSEL CONNECTING THE PULMONARY TRUNK TO AORTA
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DUCTUS VENOSUS
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BRANCH OF THE UMBILICAL VEIN THAT ENTERS THE INFERIOR VENA CAVA
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FORAMEN OVALE
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FLAP OPENING IN THE ATRIAL SEPTUM THAT ALLOWS ONLY RIGHT TO LEFT MOVEMENT OF BLOOD
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FUNDUS
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TOP OF UTERUS
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FUNIC SOUFFLE
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SOUND OF BLOOD PULSATING THROUGH THE UMBILICAL CORD: RATE THE SAME OF THE FETAL HEART BEAT
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GOODELL'S SIGN
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SOFTENING OF THE CERVIX THAT OCCURS ABOUT THE 8 TH WEEK OF PREGNANCY
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GP/TPAL
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GRAVIDA
PARA/TERM PRETERM ABORTION LIVING |
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GRAVIDA
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A PREGNANT WOMAN
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HEGAR'S SIGN
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SOFTENING OF THE UTERINE ISTHMUS ABOUT THE 6 TH WEEK OF PREGNANCY
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LANUGO
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FINE, DOWNY HAIR FOUND ON ALL BODY PART OF THE FETUS
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LEOPOLD'S MANEUVER
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A SERIES OF 4 MANEUVERS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH WHEREBY THE EXAMINER MAY DETERMINE FETAL PRESENTATION AND POSITION
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LET-DOWN-REFLEX
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REFLEX THAT CAUSES MILK TO BE EXPRESSED FROM THE ALVEOLI INTO THE LACTIFEROUS DUCTS
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LINEA NIGRA
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THE LINE OF DARKER PIGMENTATION EXTENDING FROM THE UMBILICUS TO THE PUBIS NOTED IN SOME WOMEN DURING THE LATER MONTHS OF PREGNANCY
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MECONIUM
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FECAL MATERIAL STORED IN THE FETAL INTESTINES
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MULTIGRAVIDA
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WOMAN WHO HAS HAD MORE THAN ONE PREGNANCY IN WHICH FETUS WAS VIABLE
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NESTING
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SURGE OF ENERGY LATE IN PREGNANCY WHEN THE WOMAN ORGANIZED AND CLEANS THE HOUSE
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NULLIGRAVA
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WOMAN WHO HAS NEVER BEEN PREGNANT
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PARA
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CONDITION OF HAVING DELIVERED AFTER 24 WEEKS GESTATION, WHERE INFANT IS BORNE ALIVE OR DEAD OR NUMBER OF INFANTS
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PHYSIOLOGIC ANEMIA OF PRGNANCY
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HEMODILUTION CAUSED BY THE INCREASED MATERNAL BLOOD VOLUME
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PICA
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PRACTICE OF EATING SUBSTANCES NOT CONSIDERED EDIBLE AND WHICH HAVE NO NUTRITIVE VALUE SUCH AS LAUNDRY STARCH, DIRT, CLAY OR FREEZER FROST
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PRIMIGRAVIDA
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CONDITION OF HAVING DELIVERED ONCE AFTER 24 WEEKS OF PREGNANCY
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PSEUDOCYESIS
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FALSE PREGNANCY
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PSYCHOPROPHYLAXIS
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MENTAL AND PHYSICAL PREPARATION FOR CHILDBIRTH
SYNONYMOUS WITH LAMAZE |
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QUICKENING
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DESCRIPITOR FOR WHEN THE MOTHER FIRST FEELS FETUS MOVE
ABOUT 16-20 WEEKS |
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STRIAE GRAVIDARUM
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REDDISH STREAKS FREQUENTLY FOUND ON THE ABDOMEN ,THIGHS ,BUTTOCKS AND BREAST
STRETCH MARKS |
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SUPINE HYPOTENSION SYNDROME
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LOWERING OF BLOOD PRESSURE IN A PREGNANT WOMAN WHEN LYING SUPINE DUE TO COMPRESSION OF THE VENA CAVA BY THE ENLARGE HEAVY UTERUS
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TERATOGEN
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AGENTS SUCH AS RADIATION, DRUGS, VIRUS AND OTHER MICROORGANISM CAPABLE OF CAUSING ABNORMAL FETAL DEVELOPMENT
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VERINIX CASEOSA
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WHITE CREAMY SUBSTANCE COVERING A FETUS'S BODY
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WARTON'S JELLY
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THICK SUBSTANCE SURROUNDING AND PROTECTING THE VESSELS OF THE UMBILICAL CORD
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ZYGOTE
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FERTILIZED OVUM
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