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259 Cards in this Set
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ABORTION
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LOSS OF PREGNANCY BEFORE THE FETUS IS VIABLE OUTSIDE THE UTERUS; MISCARRIAGE
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ACCELERATION
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PERIODIC INCREASE IN THE BASELINE FETAL HEART RATE
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AMENORRHEA
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SUPPRESSION OR ABSENCE OF MENSTRUATION
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AMPULLA
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THE OUTER TWO THIRDS OF THE FALLOPIAN TUBE; FERTILIZATION OF THE OVUM BY A SPERMATOZOON USUALLY OCCURS HERE
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ANALGESIC POTENTIATORS
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(ATARACTICS) GROUP OF TRANQUILIZERS WHICH POTENTIATE THE EFFECTS OF NARCOTIC ANALGESICS WITHOUT INCREASING UNWANTED SIDE EFFECTS
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ANDROID PELVIS
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INLET HEART-SHAPED; MALE TYPE PELVIS; DECENT INTO THE PELVIS IS SLOWED DOWN AND MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DELIVER VAGINALLY; NOT FAVORABLE FOR VAGINAL BIRTH
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ANTEPARTUM
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TIME BETWEEN CONCEPTION AND ONSET OF LABOR; USUALLY USED TO DESCRIBE THE PERIOD DURING WHICH A WOMAN IS PREGNANT
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ANTERIOR FONTANELLE
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DIAMOND-SHAPED ARA BETWEEN THE TWO FRONTAL AND TWO PARIETAL BONES JUST ABOVE THE NEWBORN'S FOREHEAD
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AREOLA
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PIGMENTED RING SURROUNDING THE NIPPLE OF THE BRAST
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ARTIFICIAL RUPTURE OF MEMBRANES (AROM)
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USE OF A DEVICE SUCH AS AN AMNIHOOK OR ALLIS FORCEPS TO RUPTURE THE AMNIOTIC MEMBRANES
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ASYNCLITISM
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CONDITION IN WHICH THE FETAL SAGITTAL SUTURE IS DIRECTED TOWARD EITHER THE MATERNAL SYMPHYSIS PUBIS OR THE SACRAL PROMONTORY. UPON VAGINAL EXAMINATION, THE SUTURE FELLS SOMEWHAT TURNED TO ONE SIDE WITH THE PELVIS, MAKING IT ASYMMETRICAL. ASYNCLITISM CAN BE EITHER ANTERIOR OR POSTERIOR.
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BALLOTTEMENT
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A TECHNIQUE OF PALPATION TO DETECT OR EXAMINE A FLOATING OBJECT IN THE BODY. IN OBSTETRICS, THE FETUS, WHEN PUSHED, FLOATS AWAY AND THEN RETURNS TO TOUCH THE EXAMINER'S FINGERS.
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BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE
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THE LOWEST WAKING TEMPERATURE.
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BASELINE RATE
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THE AVERAGE FETAL HEART RATE OBSERVED DURING A 10 MINUTE PERIOD OF MONITORING
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BLOODY SHOW
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PINK-TINGED MUCOUS SECRETION RESULTING FROM RUPTURE OF SMALL CAPILLARIES AS THE CERVIX EFFACES AND DILATES.
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BOGGINESS
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THE SOFTENING OF THE UTERUS DUE TO INADEQUATE CONTRACTION OF THE MUSCLE TISSUE
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BOGGY UTERUS
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A TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE UTERINE FUNDUS WHEN IT IS NOT FIRMLY CONTRACTED AFTER THE BIRTH OF THE BABY AND IN THE EARLY POSTPARTUM PERIOD; EXCESSIVE BLEEDING OCCURS FROM THE PLACENTAL SITE, AND MATERNAL HEMORRHAGE MAY OCCUR
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BRAXTON HICKS CONTRACTIONS
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INTERMITTENT PAINLESS CONTRACTIONS OF THE UTERUS THAT MAY OCCUR EVERY 10 TO 2 MINUTES THEY OCCUR MORE FREQUENTLY TOWARD THE END OF PREGNANCY AND ARE SOMETIMES MISTAKEN FOR TRUE LABOR SIGNS
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BREAST
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MAMMARY GLANDS
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BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION (BSE)
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A MANUAL EXAMINATION CONDUCTED MONTHLY BY A WOMAN TO EVALUATE HER OWN BREAST FOR SIGNS OF MASSES, CHANGES NIPPLE DISCHARGE, OR EVIDENCE OF ABNORMALITIES
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ASYNCLITISM
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CONDITION IN WHICH THE FETAL SAGITTAL SUTURE IS DIRECTED TOWARD EITHER THE MATERNAL SYMPHYSIS PUBIS OR THE SACRAL PROMONTORY. UPON VAGINAL EXAMINATION, THE SUTURE FELLS SOMEWHAT TURNED TO ONE SIDE WITH THE PELVIS, MAKING IT ASYMMETRICAL. ASYNCLITISM CAN BE EITHER ANTERIOR OR POSTERIOR.
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BALLOTTEMENT
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A TECHNIQUE OF PALPATION TO DETECT OR EXAMINE A FLOATING OBJECT IN THE BODY. IN OBSTETRICS, THE FETUS, WHEN PUSHED, FLOATS AWAY AND THEN RETURNS TO TOUCH THE EXAMINER'S FINGERS.
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BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE
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THE LOWEST WAKING TEMPERATURE.
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BASELINE RATE
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THE AVERAGE FETAL HEART RATE OBSERVED DURING A 10 MINUTE PERIOD OF MONITORING
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BLOODY SHOW
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PINK-TINGED MUCOUS SECRETION RESULTING FROM RUPTURE OF SMALL CAPILLARIES AS THE CERVIX EFFACES AND DILATES.
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BOGGINESS
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THE SOFTENING OF THE UTERUS DUE TO INADEQUATE CONTRACTION OF THE MUSCLE TISSUE
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BOGGY UTERUS
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A TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE UTERINE FUNDUS WHEN IT IS NOT FIRMLY CONTRACTED AFTER THE BIRTH OF THE BABY AND IN THE EARLY POSTPARTUM PERIOD; EXCESSIVE BLEEDING OCCURS FROM THE PLACENTAL SITE, AND MATERNAL HEMORRHAGE MAY OCCUR
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BRAXTON HICKS CONTRACTIONS
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INTERMITTENT PAINLESS CONTRACTIONS OF THE UTERUS THAT MAY OCCUR EVERY 10 TO 2 MINUTES THEY OCCUR MORE FREQUENTLY TOWARD THE END OF PREGNANCY AND ARE SOMETIMES MISTAKEN FOR TRUE LABOR SIGNS
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BREAST
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MAMMARY GLANDS
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BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION (BSE)
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A MANUAL EXAMINATION CONDUCTED MONTHLY BY A WOMAN TO EVALUATE HER OWN BREAST FOR SIGNS OF MASSES, CHANGES NIPPLE DISCHARGE, OR EVIDENCE OF ABNORMALITIES
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BROAD LIGAMENT
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THE LIGAMENT EXTENDING FROM THE LATERAL MARGINS OF THE UTERUS TO PELVIC WALL; KEEPS THE UTERUS CENTRALLY PLACED AND PROVIDES STABILITY WITHIN THE PELVIC CAVITY
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CARDINAL LIGAMENT
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THE CHIEF UTERINE SUPPORTS, SUSPENDING THE UTERUS FROM THE SIDE WALLS OF THE TRUE PELVIS
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CERVICAL CAP
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A CUP-SHAPED DEVICE PLACED OVER THE CERVIX TO PREVENT PREGNANCY
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CERVIX
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THE "NECK" BETWEEN THE EXTERNAL OS AND THE BODY OF THE BODY OF UTERUS. THE LOWER END OF THE CERVIX INTO THE VAGINA
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CHADWICK'S SIGN
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VIOLET BLUISH COLOR OF THE VAGINAL MUCOUS MEMBRANE CAUSED BY INCREASED VASCULARITY; VISIBLE FROM ABOUT THE FOURTH WEEK OF PREGNANCY
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CHLOASMA
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BROWNISH PIGMENTATION OVER THE BRIDGE OF THE NOSE AND THE CHEEKS DURING PREGNANCY AND IN SOME WOMEN WHO ARE TAKING CONTRACEPTIVES. ALSO CALLED MASK OF PREGNANCY
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CLIMACTERIC
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THE PERIODIC OF TIME THAT MARKS THE CESSATION OF A WOMAN'S REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION; THE "CHANGE OF LIFE," OR MENOPAUSE
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COITUS INTERRUPTUS
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METHOD OF CONTRACEPTION IN WHICH THE MALE WITHDRAWS HIS PENIS FROM THE VAGINA PRIOR TO EJACULATION
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COMBINED ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES (COCs)
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COMMONLY CALLED BIRTH CONTROL PILLS OR "THE PILL" COCs ARE A FORM OF CONTRACEPTION THAT USES A COMBINATION OF A SYNTHETIC ESTROGEN AND A PROGESTIN
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CONDOM
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A RUBBER SHEATH THAT COVERS THE PENIS TO PREVENT CONCEPTION OR DISEASE
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CONJUGATE
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IMPORTANT DIAMETER OF THE PELVIS , MEASURED FROM THE CENTER OF THE PROMONTORY OF THE SACRUM TO THE BACK OF THE SYMPHYSIS PUBIS. THE DIAGONAL CONJUGATE IS MEASURED AND THE TRUE CONJUGATE IS ESTIMATED
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CONJUGATE VERA
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THE TRUE CONJUGATE, WHICH EXTENDS FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE SACRAL PROMONTORY TO THE MIDDLE OF THE PUBIC CREST.
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CORNUA
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ELONGATED PORTIONS OF THE UTERUS WHERE THE FALLOPIAN TUBES OPEN
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CORPUS
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THE UPPER TWO THIRDS OF THE UTERUS
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CORPUS LUTEUM
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A SMALL YELLOW BODY THAT DEVELOPS WITHIN A RUPTURED OVARIAN FOLLICLE; IT SECRETES PROGESTERONE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE AND ATROPHIES ABOUT 3 DAYS BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF MENSTRUAL FLOW. IF PREGNANCY OCCURS, THE CORPUS LUTEUM CONTINUES TO PRODUCE PROGESTERONE UNTIL THE PLACENTA TAKES OVER THIS FUNCTION
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COUVADE
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IN SOME CULTURES, THE MALE'S OBSERVANCE OF CERTAIN RITUALS AND TABOOS TO SIGNIFY THE TRANSITION TO FATHERHOOD
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CROWNING
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APPEARANCE OF THE PRESENTING FETAL PART AT THE VAGINAL ORIFICE DURING LABOR
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DATE RAPE
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A FORM OF ACQUAINTANCE RAPE THAT OCCURS BETWEEN A DATING COUPLE
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DECELERATION
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PERIODIC DECREASE IN THE BASELINE FETAL HEART RATE
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DECIDUA
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ENDOMETRIUM OR MUCOUS MEMBRANE LINING OF THE UTERUS IN PREGNANCY THAT IS SHED AFTER CHILDBIRTH
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CONJUGATE
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IMPORTANT DIAMETER OF THE PELVIS , MEASURED FROM THE CENTER OF THE PROMONTORY OF THE SACRUM TO THE BACK OF THE SYMPHYSIS PUBIS. THE DIAGONAL CONJUGATE IS MEASURED AND THE TRUE CONJUGATE IS ESTIMATED
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CONJUGATE VERA
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THE TRUE CONJUGATE, WHICH EXTENDS FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE SACRAL PROMONTORY TO THE MIDDLE OF THE PUBIC CREST.
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CORNUA
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ELONGATED PORTIONS OF THE UTERUS WHERE THE FALLOPIAN TUBES OPEN
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CORPUS
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THE UPPER TWO THIRDS OF THE UTERUS
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CORPUS LUTEUM
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A SMALL YELLOW BODY THAT DEVELOPS WITHIN A RUPTURED OVARIAN FOLLICLE; IT SECRETES PROGESTERONE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE AND ATROPHIES ABOUT 3 DAYS BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF MENSTRUAL FLOW. IF PREGNANCY OCCURS, THE CORPUS LUTEUM CONTINUES TO PRODUCE PROGESTERONE UNTIL THE PLACENTA TAKES OVER THIS FUNCTION
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COUVADE
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IN SOME CULTURES, THE MALE'S OBSERVANCE OF CERTAIN RITUALS AND TABOOS TO SIGNIFY THE TRANSITION TO FATHERHOOD
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CROWNING
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APPEARANCE OF THE PRESENTING FETAL PART AT THE VAGINAL ORIFICE DURING LABOR
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DATE RAPE
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A FORM OF ACQUAINTANCE RAPE THAT OCCURS BETWEEN A DATING COUPLE
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DECELERATION
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PERIODIC DECREASE IN THE BASELINE FETAL HEART RATE
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DECIDUA
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ENDOMETRIUM OR MUCOUS MEMBRANE LINING OF THE UTERUS IN PREGNANCY THAT IS SHED AFTER CHILDBIRTH
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CONJUGATE
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IMPORTANT DIAMETER OF THE PELVIS , MEASURED FROM THE CENTER OF THE PROMONTORY OF THE SACRUM TO THE BACK OF THE SYMPHYSIS PUBIS. THE DIAGONAL CONJUGATE IS MEASURED AND THE TRUE CONJUGATE IS ESTIMATED: 1. MUST BE OBTAINED BY MEANS OF MACHINE.
2. SMALLEST MEASUREMENTS |
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CONJUGATE VERA
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THE TRUE CONJUGATE, WHICH EXTENDS FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE SACRAL PROMONTORY TO THE MIDDLE OF THE PUBIC CREST.
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CORNUA
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ELONGATED PORTIONS OF THE UTERUS WHERE THE FALLOPIAN TUBES OPEN
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CORPUS
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THE UPPER TWO THIRDS OF THE UTERUS
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CORPUS LUTEUM
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A SMALL YELLOW BODY THAT DEVELOPS WITHIN A RUPTURED OVARIAN FOLLICLE; IT SECRETES PROGESTERONE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE AND ATROPHIES ABOUT 3 DAYS BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF MENSTRUAL FLOW. IF PREGNANCY OCCURS, THE CORPUS LUTEUM CONTINUES TO PRODUCE PROGESTERONE UNTIL THE PLACENTA TAKES OVER THIS FUNCTION
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COUVADE
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IN SOME CULTURES, THE MALE'S OBSERVANCE OF CERTAIN RITUALS AND TABOOS TO SIGNIFY THE TRANSITION TO FATHERHOOD
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CROWNING
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APPEARANCE OF THE PRESENTING FETAL PART AT THE VAGINAL ORIFICE DURING LABOR
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DATE RAPE
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A FORM OF ACQUAINTANCE RAPE THAT OCCURS BETWEEN A DATING COUPLE
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DECELERATION
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PERIODIC DECREASE IN THE BASELINE FETAL HEART RATE
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DECIDUA
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ENDOMETRIUM OR MUCOUS MEMBRANE LINING OF THE UTERUS IN PREGNANCY THAT IS SHED AFTER CHILDBIRTH
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DECREMENT
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DECREASE OR STAGE OF DECLINE, AS OF A CONTRACTION
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DEPO-PROVERA
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A LONG-ACTING, INJECTABLE PROGESTIN CONTRACEPTIVE
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DIAGONAL CONJUGATE
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DISTANCE FROM THE LOWER POSTERIOR BORDER OF THE SYMPHYSIS PUBIS TO THE SACRAL PROMONTORY; MAY BE OBTAINED BY MANUAL MEASUREMENT: 1. MOST IMPORTANT MEASUREMENT OBTAINED BY AN EXAMINER. FORMULA: DEDUCT 11/2 CM FROM THE DIAGONAL CONJUGATE MEASURE THEN WE GET TO OB CONJUGATE (SMALLEST MEASUREMENT)
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DIAPHRAGM
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A FLEXIBLE DISK THAT COVERS THE CERVIX TO PREVENT PREGNANCY
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DIASTASIS RECTI ABDOMINIS
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SEPARATION OF THE RECTI ABDOMINIS MUSCLES ALONG THE MEDIAN LINE. IN WOMEN, IT IS SEEN WITH REPEATED CHILDBIRTHS OR MULTIPLE GESTATIONS. IN THE NEWBORN, IT USUALLY CAUSED BY COMPLETE DEVELOPMENT
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DURATION
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THE TIME LENGTH OF EACH CONTRACTION, MEASURED FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE INCREMENT TO THE COMPLETION OF THE DECREMENT
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DYSMENORRHEA
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PAINFUL MENSTRUATION
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EARLY ADOLESCENCE
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REFERRING TO ADOLESCENTS WHO ARE AGE 14 AND UNDER
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EFFACEMENT
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THINNING AND SHORTENING OF THE CERVIX THAT OCCURS LATE IN PREGNANCY OR DURING LABOR
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ELECTRONIC FETAL MONITORING (EFM)
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A METHOD OF PLACING A FETAL MONITOR ON THE FETUS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A CONTINUOUS TRACING OF THE FHR, WHICH ALLOWS MANY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FETAL HEART RATE TO BE OBSERVED AND0 EVALUATED.
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EMANCIPATED MINORS
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MINORS WHO ARE LEGALLY CONSIDERED TO HAVE ASSUMED THE RIGHTS OF AN ADULT. AN ADOLESCENT MAY BE CONSIDERED EMANCIPATED IF HE OR SHE IS SELF-SUPPORTING AND LIVING AWAY FROM HOME, MARRIED, PREGNANT, A PARENT, OR IN THE MILITARY
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EMBRYO
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THE EARLY STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOUNG OF ANY ORGANISM. IN HUMANS THE EMBRYONIC PERIOD IS ABOUT 2 - 8 WEEKS' GESTATION AND IS CHARACTERIZED BY CELLULAR DIFFERENTIATION AND PREDOMINANTLY HYPERPLASTIC GROWTH
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ENDOMETRIUM
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THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE THAT LINES THE INNER SURFACE OF THE UTERUS
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ENGAGEMENT
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THE ENTRANCE OF THE FETAL PRESENTING PART INTO THE SUPERIOR PELVIC STRAIT AND THE BEGINNING OF THE DESCENT THROUGH THE PELVIC CANAL
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EPIDURAL BLOCK
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REGIONAL ANESTHESIA EFFECTIVE THROUGH THE FIRST AND SECOND STAGES OF LABOR
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ESTIMATED DATE OF BIRTH (EDB)
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DURING A PREGNANCY THE APPROXIMATE DATE WHEN CHILDBIRTH WILL OCCUR; THE "DUE DATE."
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ESTROGENS
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THE HORMONES ESTRADIOL AND ESTRONE, PRODUCE BY THE OVARY
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FALLOPIAN TUBES
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TUBES THAT EXTEND FROM THE LATERAL ANGLE OF THE UTERUS AND TERMINATE NEAR THE OVARY; THEY SERVE AS A PASSAGEWAY FOR THE OVUM FROM THE OVARY TO THE UTERUS AND FOR THE SPERMATOZOA FROM THE UTERUS TOWARD THE OVARY. ALSO CALLED OVIDUCTS AND UTERINE TUBES.
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EMANCIPATED MINORS
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MINORS WHO ARE LEGALLY CONSIDERED TO HAVE ASSUMED THE RIGHTS OF AN ADULT. AN ADOLESCENT MAY BE CONSIDERED EMANCIPATED IF HE OR SHE IS SELF-SUPPORTING AND LIVING AWAY FROM HOME, MARRIED, PREGNANT, A PARENT, OR IN THE MILITARY
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EMBRYO
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THE EARLY STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOUNG OF ANY ORGANISM. IN HUMANS THE EMBRYONIC PERIOD IS ABOUT 2 - 8 WEEKS' GESTATION AND IS CHARACTERIZED BY CELLULAR DIFFERENTIATION AND PREDOMINANTLY HYPERPLASTIC GROWTH
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ENDOMETRIUM
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THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE THAT LINES THE INNER SURFACE OF THE UTERUS
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ENGAGEMENT
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THE ENTRANCE OF THE FETAL PRESENTING PART INTO THE SUPERIOR PELVIC STRAIT AND THE BEGINNING OF THE DESCENT THROUGH THE PELVIC CANAL
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EPIDURAL BLOCK
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REGIONAL ANESTHESIA EFFECTIVE THROUGH THE FIRST AND SECOND STAGES OF LABOR
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ESTIMATED DATE OF BIRTH (EDB)
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DURING A PREGNANCY THE APPROXIMATE DATE WHEN CHILDBIRTH WILL OCCUR; THE "DUE DATE."
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ESTROGENS
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THE HORMONES ESTRADIOL AND ESTRONE, PRODUCE BY THE OVARY
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FALLOPIAN TUBES
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TUBES THAT EXTEND FROM THE LATERAL ANGLE OF THE UTERUS AND TERMINATE NEAR THE OVARY; THEY SERVE AS A PASSAGEWAY FOR THE OVUM. FROM THE OVARY TO THE UTERUS AND FOR THE SPERMATOZOA FROM THE UTERUS TOWARD THE OVARY. ALSO CALLED OVIDUCTS AND UTERINE TUBES. FERTILIZATION OCCURS HERE
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FALSE LABOR
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CONTRACTIONS OF THE UTERUS, REGULAR OR IRREGULAR, THAT MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BE INTERPRETED AS TRUE LABOR BUT THAT DO NOT DILATE THE CERVIX
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FALSE PELVIS
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THE PORTION OF THE PELVIS ABOVE THE LINEA TERMINALIS; ITS PRIMARY FUNCTION IS TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE ENLARGED PREGNANT UTERUS
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FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE (FRC)
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THE MONTHLY RHYTHMIC CHANGES IN SEXUALLY MATURE WOMEN
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FERTILITY AWARENESS METHODS
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ALSO KNOWN AS NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING, FERTILITY AWARENESS METHODS ARE BASED ON AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHANGES THAT OCCUR THROUGHOUT A WOMAN'S OVULATORY CYCLE. ALL THESE METHODS REQUIRE PERIODS OF ABSTINENCE AND RECORDING OF CERTAIN EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CYCLE; COOPERATION OF THE PARTNER IS IMPORTANT.
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FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME (FAS
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SYNDROME CAUSED BY MATERNAL ALCOHOL INGESTION AND CHARACTERIZED BY MICROCEPHALY, INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION, SHORT PALPEBRAL FISSURES, AND MAXILLARY HYPOPLASIA
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FETAL ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION (FSpO2) MONITORING
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A DIRECT, REAL-TIME METHOD OF FETAL MONITORING USED TO DETERMINE FETAL OXYGENATION LEVELS.
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FETAL ATTITUDE
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RELATIONSHIP OF THE FETAL PARTS TO ONE ANOTHER. NORMAL FETAL ATTITUDE IS ONE OF MODERATE FLEXION OF THE ARMS ONTO THE CHEST AND FLEXION OF THE LEGS ONO THE ABDOMEN
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FETAL BLOOD SAMPLING
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BLOOD SAMPLE DRAWN FROM THE FETAL SCALP (OR FROM THE FETUS IN BREECH POSITION )TO EVALUATE THE ACID-BASE STATUS OF THE FETUS
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FETAL BRADYCARDIA
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A FETAL HEART RATE LESS THAN 120 BEATS PER MINUTE DURING A 10 MINUTE PERIOD OF CONTINUOUS MONITORING
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FETAL LIE
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RELATIONSHIP OF THE CEPHALOCAUDAL AXIS (SPINAL COLUMN) OF THE FETUS TO THE CEPHALOCAUDAL AXIS (SPINAL COLUMN) OF THE WOMAN. THE FETAL MAY BE IN A LONGITUDINAL OR TRANSVERSE LIE
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FETAL MOVEMENT RECORD
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A METHOD FOR TRACKING FETAL ACTIVITY TAUGHT TO PREGNANT WOMEN
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FETAL TACHYCARDIA
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A FETAL HEAR RATE OF 160 BEATS PER MIN OR MORE DURING A 1MIN PERIOD OF CONTINUOUS MONITORING
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FETUS
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THE CHILD IN UTERO FROM THE SEVENTH TO NINTH WEEK OF GESTATION UNTIL BIRTH. EVERY ORGAN IS NOW DEVELOPED
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FETUS
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THE CHILD IN UTERO FROM THE SEVENTH TO NINTH WEEK OF GESTATION UNTIL BIRTH. EVERY ORGAN IS NOW DEVELOPED
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FIMBRIA
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ANY STRUCTURE RESEMBLING A FRINGE; THE FRINGELIKE EXTREMITY OF THE FALLOPIAN TUBES.
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FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE (FSH)
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HORMONE PRODUCED BY THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE, STIMULATING DEVELOPMENT OF THE GRAAFIAN FOLLICLE -(CONTAINS THE MATURE OVUM)
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FONTANELLE
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IN THE FETUS, AN UNOSSIFIED SPACE, OR SOFT SPOT, CONSISTING OF A STRONG BAND OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE LYING BETWEEN THE CRANIAL BONES OF THE SKULL
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FREQUENCY
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THE TIME BETWEEN THE BEGINNING OF ONE CONTRACTION AND THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT CONTRACTION
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GENERAL ANESTHESIA
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A STATE OF INDUCED UNCONSCIOUSNESS THAT MAY BE ACHIEVED THOUGH INTRAVENOUS INJECTION, INHALATION OF ANESTHETIC AGENTS, OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH METHODS.
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GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE (GnRH)
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A HORMONE SECRETED BY THE HYPOTHALAMUS THAT STIMULATES THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY TO SECRETE FSH AND LH
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GOODELL'S SIGN
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SOFTENING OF THE CERVIX THAT OCCURS DURING THE SECOND MONTH OF PREGNANCY
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GRAAFIAN FOLLICLE
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THE OVARIAN CYST CONTAINING THE RIPE OVUM; IT SECRETES ESTROGEN
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GRAVIDA
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A PREGNANT WOMAN
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GYNECOID PELVIS
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TYPICAL FEMALE PELVIS IN WHICH THE INLET IS ROUND INSTEAD OF OVAL. IS THE PREFERRED SHAPE AND IS BEST FOR CHILD BIRTH
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ANTHROID PELVIS
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PELVIS IN WHICH THE ANTERPOSTERIOR DIAMETER IS EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE TRANSVERSE DIAMETER. MORE ROUND THAN OVAL. SMALL MEASUREMENT
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HEGAR'S SIGN
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A SOFTENING OF THE LOWER UTERINE SEGMENT FOUND UPON PALPATION IN THE SECOND OR THIRD MONTH OF PREGNANCY
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HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY (HRT)
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ADMINISTRATION OF HORMONES, USUALLY ESTROGEN AND A PROGESTIN, TO ALLEVIATE THE SYMPTOMS OF MENOPAUSE
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INCREMENT
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INCREASE OR ADDITION; BUILD UP, AS OF A CONTRACTION
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INFANT
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A CHILD UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE
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INFUNDIBULOPELVIC LIGAMENT
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LIGAMENT THAT SUSPENDS AND SUPPORTS THE OVARIES
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INTENSITY
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THE STRENGTH A UTERINE CONTRACTION DURING ACME
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INTRAPARTUM
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THE TIME FROM THE ONSET OF TRUE LABOR UNTIL THE BIRTH OF THE INFANT AND EXPULSION OF THE PLACENTA
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INTRAUTERINE DEVICE (IUD)
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SMALL METAL OR PLASTIC FORM THAT IS PLACED IN THE UTERUS TO PREVENT IMPLANTATION OF A FERTILIZED OVUM
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ISCHIAL SPINES
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USED AS REFERENCE POINT DURING LABOR TO EVALUATE THE DESCENT OF THE FETAL HEAD INTO THE BIRTH CANAL
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ISTHMUS
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THE SITE OF TUBAL LIGATION. ALSO, A CONSTRICTION IN THE UTERUS THAT IS LOCATED ABOVE THE CERVIX AND BELOW THE CORPUS
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KEGEL EXERCISES
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PERINEAL MUSCLE TIGHTENING THAT STRENGTHENS THE PUBOCOCCYGEUS MUSCLE AND INCREASES ITS TONE
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LABOR
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THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE FETUS IS EXPELLED FROM THE MATERNAL UTERUS. ALSO CALLED CHILDBIRTH, CONFINEMENT, OR PARTURITION
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LANUGO
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FINE, DOWNY HAIR FOUND ON ALL BODY PARTS OF THE FETUS, EXCEPTION OF THE PALMS OF TEH HANDS AND THE SOLES OF THE FEET, AFTER 20 WEEKS' GESTATION
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LATE ADOLOSCENCE
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A TERM REFERRING TO AGES 18-19YEARS
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LATE DECELERATIONS
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SYMMETRICAL DECREASE IN FETAL HEART RATE BEGINNING AT OR AFTER THE PEAK OF THE CONTRACTION AND RETUNING TO BASELINE ONLY AFTER THE CONTRACTION HAS ENDED, INDICATING POSSIBLE UTEROPLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY AND POTENTIAL THAT THE FETUS IF NOT RECEIVING ADEQUATE OXYGENATION
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LEOPOLD'S MANEUVERS
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A SERIES OF FOUR MANEUVERS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH WHEREBY THE EXAMINER AMY DETERMINE FETAL PRESENTATION AND POSITION
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LEUKORRHEA
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MUCOUS DISCHARGE FROM THE VAGINA OR CERVICAL CANAL THAT MAY BE NORMAL OR PATHOLOGIC, AS IN THE PRESENCE OF AN INFECTION
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LIE
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RELATIONSHIP OF THE LONG AXIS OF THE FETUS AND THE LONG AXIS OF THE PREGNANT WOMAN
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LIGHTENING
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MOVING OF THE FETUS AND UTERUS DOWN WARD INTO THE PELVIC CAVITY
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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 LATER IN PREGNANCY
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LOCAL ANESTHESIA
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INJECTION OF AN ANESTHETIC AGENT ITO THE SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE
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LONG-TERM VARIABILITY
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LARGER RHYTHMIC FLUCTUATIONS OF THE FHR THAT OCCUR FROM TWO TO SIX TIMES PER MINUTE
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LUTEINIZING HORMONE (LH)
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ANTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONE RESPONSIBLE FOR STIMULATING OVULATION AND FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE CORPUS LUTEUM
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MALPRESENTATION
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A PRESENTATION OF THE FETUS INTO BIRTH CANAL THAT IS NOT "NORMAL" - THAT IS, BROW, FACE, SHOULDER, OR BREECH PRESENTATION
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MAMMOGRAM
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A SOFT TISSUE RADIOGRAPH OF THE BREAST WITHOUT INJECTION OF A CONTRAST MEDIUM
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McDONALD'S SIGN
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A PROBABLE SIGN OF PREGNANCY SHOWN BY AN EASE IN FLEXING THE BODY OF THE UTERUS AGAINST THE CERIVIX
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MENARCHE
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BEGINNING OF MENSTRUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION IN THE FEMALE
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LIGHTENING
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MOVING OF THE FETUS AND UTERUS DOWN WARD INTO THE PELVIC CAVITY
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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 LATER IN PREGNANCY
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LOCAL ANESTHESIA
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INJECTION OF AN ANESTHETIC AGENT ITO THE SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE
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LONG-TERM VARIABILITY
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LARGER RHYTHMIC FLUCTUATIONS OF THE FHR THAT OCCUR FROM TWO TO SIX TIMES PER MINUTE
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LUTEINIZING HORMONE (LH)
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ANTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONE RESPONSIBLE FOR STIMULATING OVULATION AND FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE CORPUS LUTEUM
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MALPRESENTATION
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A PRESENTATION OF THE FETUS INTO BIRTH CANAL THAT IS NOT "NORMAL" - THAT IS, BROW, FACE, SHOULDER, OR BREECH PRESENTATION
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MAMMOGRAM
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A SOFT TISSUE RADIOGRAPH OF THE BREAST WITHOUT INJECTION OF A CONTRAST MEDIUM
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McDONALD'S SIGN
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A PROBABLE SIGN OF PREGNANCY SHOWN BY AN EASE IN FLEXING THE BODY OF THE UTERUS AGAINST THE CERIVIX
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MENARCHE
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BEGINNING OF MENSTRUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION IN THE FEMALE
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MENOPAUSE
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THE PERMANENT CESSATION OF MENSES
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MENSTRUAL CYCLE
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CYCLIC BUILDUP OF THE UTERINE LINING, OVULATION, AND SLOUGHING OF THE LINING OCCURRING APPROXIMATELY EVERY 28 DAYS IN NONPREGNANT FEMALES
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MENTUM
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THE CHIN
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MIDDLE ADOLESCENCE
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AGES 15 - 17
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MOLDING
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SHAPING OF THE FETAL HEAD BY OVERLAPPING OF THE CRANIAL BONES TO FACILITATE MOVEMENT THROUGH THE BIRTH CANAL DURING LABOR
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MORNING SICKNESS
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A TERM THAT REFERS TO THE NAUSEA AND VOMITING THAT A WOMAN MAY EXPERIENCE IN EARLY PREGNANCY. OCCURS IN THE EARLY PART OF THE DAY
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MUCOUS PLUG
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A COLLECTION OF THICK MUCUS THAT BLOCKS THE CERVICAL CANAL DURING PREGNANCY. . ALSO CALLED OPERCULUM
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MULTIGRAVIDA
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HAS BEEN PREGNANT MORE THAN ONCE
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MULTIPARA
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HAS HAD MORE THAN ONE PREGNANCY IN WHICH THE FETUS WAS VIABLE
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MULTIPLE PREGNANCY
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MORE THAN ONE FETUS IN THE UTERUS AT THE SAME TIME
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MYOMETRIUM
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UTERINE MUSCULAR STRUCTURE
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NAGELE'S RULE
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A METHOD OF DETERMINING THE ESTIMATED DATE OF BIRTH (EDB): AFTER OBTAINING THE FIRST DAY OF THE LAST MENSTRUAL PERIOD, SUBTRACT 3 MONTHS AND ADD 7 DAYS
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NIDATION
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IMPLANTATION OF A FERTILIZED OVUM IN THE ENDOMETRIUM
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NIPPLE
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A PROTRUSION ABOUT 0.5 TO 1.3 CM IN DIAMETER IN THE CENTER OF EACH MATURE BREAST
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NIPPLE PREPARATION
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PRENATAL ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO TOUGHEN THE NIPPLE IN PREPARATION FOR BREASTFEEDING
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NULLIGRAVIDA
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A WOMAN WHO HAS NOT GIVEN BIRTH TO A VIABLE FETUS
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OB CONJUGATE
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DISTANCE FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE SACRAL PROMONTORY TO AN AREA APPROXIMATELY 1 CM BELOW THE PUBIC CREST
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OSTEOPOROSIS
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MOST COMMON IN POST-MENOPAUSAL WOMAN: DECREASE BONE STRENGTH; RELATED TO LOWERED ESTROGEN AND ANDROGEN LEVELS
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OVARIAN LIGAMENTS
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LIGAMENTS THAT ANCHOR THE LOWER POLE OF THE OVARY TO TH CORNUA OF THE UTERUS
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OVARY
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OVA ARE FORMED AND IN WHICH ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE ARE PRODUCED
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OVUM
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EGG
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NAGELE'S RULE
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A METHOD OF DETERMINING THE ESTIMATED DATE OF BIRTH (EDB): AFTER OBTAINING THE FIRST DAY OF THE LAST MENSTRUAL PERIOD, SUBTRACT 3 MONTHS AND ADD 7 DAYS
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NIDATION
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IMPLANTATION OF A FERTILIZED OVUM IN THE ENDOMETRIUM
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NIPPLE
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A PROTRUSION ABOUT 0.5 TO 1.3 CM IN DIAMETER IN THE CENTER OF EACH MATURE BREAST
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NIPPLE PREPARATION
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PRENATAL ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO TOUGHEN THE NIPPLE IN PREPARATION FOR BREASTFEEDING
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NULLIGRAVIDA
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A WOMAN WHO HAS NOT GIVEN BIRTH TO A VIABLE FETUS
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OB CONJUGATE
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DISTANCE FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE SACRAL PROMONTORY TO AN AREA APPROXIMATELY 1 CM BELOW THE PUBIC CREST
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OSTEOPOROSIS
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MOST COMMON IN POST-MENOPAUSAL WOMAN: DECREASE BONE STRENGTH; RELATED TO LOWERED ESTROGEN AND ANDROGEN LEVELS
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OVARIAN LIGAMENTS
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LIGAMENTS THAT ANCHOR THE LOWER POLE OF THE OVARY TO TH CORNUA OF THE UTERUS
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OVARY
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OVA ARE FORMED AND IN WHICH ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE ARE PRODUCED
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OVUM
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REPRODUCTIVE CELL; EGG
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OXYTOCIN
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HORMONE PRODUCED BY THE POSTERIOR PITUITARY; STIMULATES THE UTERINE CONTRACTIONS AND RELEASE OF MILK
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PARA
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WOMAN WHO HAS BORNE OFFSPRING WHO REACHED THE AGE OF VIABILITY
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PELVIC CAVITY
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BONY PORTION OF THE BIRTH PASSAGE; CURVED CANAL WITH A LONGER POSTERIOR THAN ANTERIOR WALL
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PELVIC DIAPHRAGM
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PART OF THE PELVIC FLOOR COMPOSED OF DEEP FASCIA AND THE LEVATOR ANI AND COCCYGEAL MUSCLES
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PELVIC INLET
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UPPER BORDER OF THE TRUE PELVIS
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PELVIC OUTLET
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LOWER BORDER OF THE TRUE PELVIS
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PELVIC TILT
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EXERCISE DESIGN TO REDUCE BACK STRAIN AND STRENGTHEN ABD MUSCLE TONE
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PERIMENOPAUSE
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REFERRING TO THE PERIOD OF TIME PRIOR TO MENOPAUSE DURING WHICH THE WOMAN MOVES FROM NORMAL OVULATORY CYCLE TO CESSATION OF MENSES
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PERIMETRIUM
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THE OUTERMOST LAYER OF THE CORPUS OF THE UTERUS ALSO KNOWN AS THE SEROSAL LAYER
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PERINEAL BODY
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FIBROMUSCULAR TISSUE FOUND BETWEEN THE LOWER PART OF THE VAGINA AND THE ANAL BODY
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PHYSIOLOGIC ANEMIA OF PREGNANCY
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APPARENT ANEMIA THAT RESULTS BECAUSE DURING PREGNANCY THE PLASMA VOLUME INCREASES MORE THAN THE ERYTHROCYTES INCREASE
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PICA
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THE EATING OF SUBSTANCES NOR ORDINARILY CONSIDERED EDIBLE OR HAVE NUTRITIVE VALUE
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PLACENTA
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CONNECTS TO THE FETUS TO THE UTERINE WALL FOR GAS AND NUTRIENT EXCHANGE. ALSO CALLED AFTERBIRTH.
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POSTCOITAL CONTRACEPTION
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A FORM OF COMBINED HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION THAT IS USED WHEN A WOMAN IS WORRIED ABOUT PREGNANCY BECAUSE OF UNPROTECTED INTERCOURSE, RAPE , OR POSSIBLE CONTRACEPTIVE FAILURE (E.G., BROKEN, CONDOM, SLIPPED DIAPHRAGM, MISSED ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES, OR TOO LONG A TIME BETWEEN DMPA INJECTIONS).
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POSTPARTUM
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AFTER CHILDBIRTH
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POSTTERM LABOR
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LABOR THAT OCCURS AGER 42 WEEKS' GESTATION
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PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME (PMS)
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CLUSTER OF SYMPTOMS EXPERIENCED BY SOME WOMEN, TYPICALLY OCCURRING FROM A FEW DAYS UP TO 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF MENSES
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PRESENTING PART
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THE FETAL PART PRESENT IN OR ON THE CERVICAL OS
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PRESUMPTIVE SIGNS OF PREGNANCY
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SYMPTOMS THAT SUGGEST BUT DO NOT CONFIRM PREGNANCY, SUCH AS CESSATION OF MENSES, QUICKENING, CHADWICK'S SIGN, AND MORNING SICKNESS
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PRETERM LABOR
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LABOR OCCURRING BETWEEN 20 AND 38 WEEKS FOR THE FIRST TIME
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PRIMIGRAVIDA
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A WOMAN WHO IS PREGNANT FOR THE FIRST TIME
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PRIMIPARA
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WOMAN WHO HAS GIVEN BIRTH TO HER FIRST CHILD (PAST THE POINT OF VIABILITY), WHETHER OR NOT THAT CHILD IS LIVING OR WAS ALIVE AT BIRTH
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PROBABLE SIGNS OF PREGNANCY
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MANIFESTATIONS THAT STRONGLY SUGGEST THE LIKELIHOOD OF PREGNANCY, SUCH AS POSITIVE PREGNANCY TEST, ENLARGING ABDOMEN, AND POSITIVE GOODELL'S, HEGAR'S AND BRAXTON HICKS SIGNS
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PROGESTERONE
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THE HORMONE OF PREGNANCY. PRODUCED BY THE CORPUS LUTEUM, ADRENAL CORTEX, AND PLACENTA WHO FUNCTION IS THE STIMULATE PROLIFERATION OF THE ENDOMETRIUM TO FACILITATE GROWTH OF THE EMBRYO
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PROSTAGLANDINS
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COMPLEX LIPID COMPOUNDS SYNTHESIZED BY MANY CELLS IN THE BODY
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PTYALISM
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EXCESSIVE SALIVATION
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PUBIS
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PERTAINING TO THE PUBES OR PUBIC AREA
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QUICKENING
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THE FIRST FETAL MOVEMENT FELT BY THE WOMAN, USUALLY BETWEEN 16 AND 18 WEEKS' GESTATION
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RAPE
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SEXUAL ACTIVITY, OFTEN INTERCOURSE, AGAINST THE WILL OF THE VICTIM
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REGIONAL ANALGESIA
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INJECTION OF LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENTS SO THAT THEY COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT WITH NERVOUS TISSUE
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RISK FACTORS
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ANY FINDINGS THAT SUGGESTS THE PREGNANCY MAY HAVE A NEGATIVE OUTCOME ASSOCIATED WITH OVULATION
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SACRAL PROMONTORY
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A PROJECTION INTO THE PELVIC CAVITY ON THE ANTERIOR UPPER PORTION OF THE SACRUM; SERVES AS AN OB GUIDE IN DETERMINING PELVIC MEASUREMENTS
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SEXUAL ASSAULT
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INVOLUNTARY SEXUAL CONTACT WITH ANOTHER PERSON
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SHORT-TERM VARIABILITY (STV)
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REFERS TO THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE HART BEATS AS MEASURED BY THE INTERNAL ELECTRONIC FETAL MONITORING
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SPERMATOGENESIS
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THE PROCESS BY WHICH MATURE SPERMATOZOA ARE FORMED, DURING WHICH THE NUMBER OF CHROMOSOMES IS HALVED
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RISK FACTORS
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ANY FINDINGS THAT SUGGESTS THE PREGNANCY MAY HAVE A NEGATIVE OUTCOME ASSOCIATED WITH OVULATION
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SACRAL PROMONTORY
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A PROJECTION INTO THE PELVIC CAVITY ON THE ANTERIOR UPPER PORTION OF THE SACRUM; SERVES AS AN OB GUIDE IN DETERMINING PELVIC MEASUREMENTS
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SEXUAL ASSAULT
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INVOLUNTARY SEXUAL CONTACT WITH ANOTHER PERSON
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SHORT-TERM VARIABILITY (STV)
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REFERS TO THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE HART BEATS AS MEASURED BY THE INTERNAL ELECTRONIC FETAL MONITORING
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SPERMATOGENESIS
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THE PROCESS BY WHICH MATURE SPERMATOZOA ARE FORMED, DURING WHICH THE NUMBER OF CHROMOSOMES IS HALVED
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SPERMICIDES
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A VARIETY OF CREAMS, FOAMS, JELLIES, AND SUPPOSITORIES THAT, WHEN INSERTED INTO THE VAGINA PRIOR TO INTERCOURSE, DESTROY SPERM OR NEUTRALIZE ANY VAGINAL SECRETIONS AND THEREBY IMMOBILIZE SPERM
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SPINAL BLOCK
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INJECTION OF A LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT DIRECTLY INTO THE SPINAL FLUID INTO THE SPINAL CANAL TO PROVIDE ANESTHESIA FOR VAGINAL AND CESAREAN BIRTH
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SPINNBARKEIT
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THE ELASTICITY OF THE CERVICAL MUCUS THAT IS PRESENT AT OVULATION
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SPONTANEOUS RUPTURE OF MEMBRANES (SROM)
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THE BREAKING OF THE "WATER" OR MEMBRANES MARKED BY THE EXPULSION OF AMNIOTIC FLUID FROM THE VAGINA
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STATION
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RELATIONSHIP OF THE PRESENTING FETAL PART TO AN IMAGINARY LINE DRAWN BETWEEN THE PELVIC ISCHIAL SPINES
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STERILIZATION
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AN INCLUSIVE TERM THAT REFERS TO SURGICAL PROCEDURES THAT PERMANENTLY PREVENT PREGNANCY. IN THE MALE, STERILIZATION IS ACHIEVED THROUGH A PROCEDURE CALLED A VASECTOMY. IN THE FEMALE, STERILIZATION IS DONE BY TUBAL LIGATION
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STILLBIRTH
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THE BIRTH OF A DEAD INFANT
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STRIAE GRAVIDARUM
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STRETCH MARKS, SHINY REDDISH LINES
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SUBDERMAL IMPLANTS
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SUBDERMAL PROGESTIN CONTRACEPTIVE THAT IS IMPLANTED IN A WOMAN'S ARM AND PROVIDES CONTRACEPTIVE PROTECTION FOR UP TO 5 YEARS
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SUPINE HYPOTENSIVE SYNDROME
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ALSO CALLED VENA CAVAL SYNDROME OR AORTOCAVAL COMPRESSION: REFERRING TO A CONDITION THAT CAN DEVELOP DURING PREGNANCY WHEN THE ENLARGING UTERUS PUTS PRESSURE ON THE VENA CAVA WHEN THE WOMAN IS SUPINE. THE PRESSURE INTERFERES WITH RETURNING BLOOD FLOW AND PRODUCES A MARKED DECREASE IN BLOOD PRESSURE WITH ACCOMPANYING DIZZINESS, PALLOR, AND CLAMMINESS, WHICH CAN BE CORRECTED BY HAVING THE WOMAN LIE ON HER LEFT SIDE.
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SUTURE
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FIBROUS CONNECTION OF OPPOSED JOIN SURFACES, AS IN THE SKULL
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SYMPHYSIS PUBIS
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FIBROCARTILAGINOUS JOINT BETWEEN THE PELVIC BONES IN THE MIDLINE
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SYNCLITISM
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CONDITION N WHICH THE FETAL SAGITTAL SUTURE IS MIDWAY BETWEEN THE MATERNAL SYMPHYSIS PUBIS AND THE SACRAL PROMONTORY. UPON VAGINAL EXAMINATION, THE SUTURE FEELS MIDLINE BETWEEN THESE TWO MATERNAL LANDMARKS
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TERATOGENS
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NONGENETICS FACTORS THAT CAN PRODUCE MALFORMATIONS
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TERM
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THE NORMAL DURATION OF PREGNANCY
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TESTOTERONE
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THE MALE HORMONES; RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SECONDARY MALE CHARACTERISTICS
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TRANSVERSE DIAMETER
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THE LARGEST DIAMETER OF THE PELVIC INLET; HELPS DETERMINE THE SHAPE OF THE INLET
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TRUE PELVIS
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THE PORTION THAT LIES BELOW THE LINEA TERMINALIS MADE UP OF THE INLET, CAVITY AND OUTLET
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TUBAL LIGATATION
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STERILIZATION OF A WOMAN ACCOMPLISHED BY TRANSECTING OR OCCLUDING THE FALLOPIAN TUBES
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UMBILICAL CORD
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HAS 2 ARTERIES AND 1 VEIN
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UTEROSACRAL LIGAMENTS
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LIGAMENTS THAT PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE UTERUS AND CERVIX AT THE LEVEL OF THE ISCHIAL SPINES
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VAGINA
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PASSAGEWAY LOCATED BETWEEN THE EXTERNAL GENITALS AND THE UTERUS OF A WOMAN
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VARIABLE DECELERATION
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PERIODIC CHANGE IN FETAL HEART RATE CAUSED BY UMBILICAL CORD COMPRESSION; DECELERATIONS VARY IN ONSET, OCCURRENCE, AND WAVEFORM
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VASECTOMY
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SURGICAL INTERRUPTION OF VAS DEFERENS
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VULVA
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THE EXTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE FEMALE GENITALS
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VERNIX CASEOSA
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A PROTECTIVE, CHEESELIKE, WHITISH SUBSTANCE MADE UP OF SEBUM AND DESQUAMATED EPITHELIAL CELLS THAT IS PRESENT OF THE FETAL SKIN
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VERTEX
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THE TOP OR CROWN OF THE HEAD
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WHARTON'S JELLY
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PROTECTION FOR THE UMBILICAL CORD
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ANTHROID PELVIS
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INLET OVAL IN SHAPE; WITH LONG ANTEROPOSTERIOR DIAMETER ; MIDPELVIS DIAMETERS ADEQUATE; OUTLET ADEQUATE; FAVORABLE FOR VAGINAL BIRTH
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PATYPELLOID
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INLET OVAL IN SHAPE, WITH LONG TRANVERSE DIAMETERS; MIDPELVIS DIAMETERS REDUCED; OUTLET CAPACITY INADEQUATE; NOT FAVORABLE FOR VAGINAL BIRTH
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MOLDING
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THE CRANIAL BONES OVERLAP UNDER PRESSURE OF POWERS OF LABOR
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