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39 Cards in this Set
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IVF
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in vitro fertilization
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Obstetrics
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branch of surgery dealing with pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium
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Puerperium
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the period between delivery and the reproductive system begin to work normally again (about six weeks)
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Amnion
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thin but tough membrane that surrounds the chorion (developing fetus)
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amni/o
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amnion or amniotic fluid
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chori/o
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outermost layer of the membranes surrounding the embryo
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fet/o
fet/i |
fetus - eight weeks of pregancy
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gravid/o
cyes/o cyes/i |
pregnancy
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Primigravida
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pregnant woman, first time
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Parturition
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child birth
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antepartum
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before childbirth
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intrapartum
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during labor and childbirth
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postpartum
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after childbirth
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primipara
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woman who has given birth to one child
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Lochia
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vaginal discharge
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Premature
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before 37 weeks of gestation
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How to calculate due dates...
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counting 280 days from the first day of her last menstrual period
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Meconium
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the first postnatal stool of an infant
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Colostrum
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during pregnancy and during the first days after birth, before lactation begins, the breast secretes thin, milky fluid
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Lactorrhea
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spontaneous milk discharge not associated with childbirth or nursing
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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Amniocentesis
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surgical puncture to aspirate amniotic fluid to assess fetal health
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Oligohydramnios
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condition of scanty amount of amniotic fluid
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Salpingocyesis
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ectopic pregnancy occurring in the fallopian tube
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Placenta previa
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the placenta develops in the lower portion of the uterus, entirely or partially covering the opening of the uterus
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Abruptio placentae
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the placenta prematurely separates from the uterine wall
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Preeclampsia
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pregnancy enduced high blood pressure. If seizures or coma occur, its known as eclapmsia
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Choriocarcinoma
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malignant neoplasm of the uterus
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Dystocia
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any difficult labor
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Breech presentation
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feet or butt first
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Transverse presentation
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shoulder first birth
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Congenital
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deformities born with
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Hydrocephalus
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abnormal accumulation of CSF, causing a large head but small face, and may result in the treatment of a shunt
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terat/o
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monster
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-fistula
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abnormal passage way
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-atresia
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absence of a part
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Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS)
Hyaline Membrane Disease |
lack of surfactant in premature babies
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Erythroblastosis Fetalis
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Rh factor causes a blood incompatibility and destruction of fetal RBC's
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Chorionic Villus Sampling
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aspiration of placenta tissue to determine some genetic abnormalities
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