Placenta; Umbilical Cord; Child Birth

Front 1

1. Where does gas and nutrient exchange take place for a fetus?
a. Does a fetus breathe?
b. Does a fetus eat?

Back 1

1. Placenta
a. No
b. No

Front 2

2. What two organs are last to mature in a baby?

Back 2

2. Lungs and liver

Front 3

3. What are two organs that are slightly “bypassed” during fetal life but not once a baby is born?

Back 3

3. Lungs (ductus arteriosus) and liver (ductus venosus)

Front 4

4. What is placenta previa?

Back 4

4. Development of the placenta over the cervix. This means that the placenta will tear as the cervix dilates.

Front 5

5. What is the first bowel movement called?
a. When is it usually produced?
b. What could happen if it occurs before birth?

Back 5

5. Meconium
a. After birth
b. Baby could aspirate it during delivery

Front 6

6. What is the function of the umbilical cord and how does it work with the placenta?

Back 6

6. Delivers nutrients and oxygen from the placenta to the baby; returns deoxygenated blood and waste products to the placenta.

Front 7

7. Why is gestational diabetes more likely to occur than diabetes when a woman is not pregnant?

Back 7

7. During pregnancy a woman is naturally more insulin resistant so that her blood sugar stays slightly higher to ensure adequate glucose delivery to the fetus. Thus, if a woman is already insulin resistant, it does not take much more to push her into the realm of diabetes.

Front 8

8. Describe how the onset of labor is a positive feedback loop.

Back 8

8. Oxytocin is released by the baby and the mother; it stimulates uterine contractions that cause further release of oxytocin which causes further uterine contractions, and so on.

Front 9

9. What are the three stages of labor?

Back 9

9. Dilation; expulsion; placental stage