Amniotic fluid

Introduction A prenatal ultrasound exam, also called a sonogram, is an imaging test that allows your health care provider to see your baby and placenta in the uterus. This is a safe and painless test that does not expose you or your baby to any X-rays, needles, or medicines. Prenatal ultrasounds may be used to check your baby's growth and development, evaluate possible problems, or check your baby's position before or during labor. Prenatal ultrasounds are done using a handheld plastic device…

veins until it gets to a spot where is cannot pass through. Embolism then lodges its self into the vein and occludes blood flow to the rest of that area. “An embolism usually is a piece of blood clot that breaks off but it also can be fat, air, amniotic fluid, a tumor, or a foreign substance such as talc, iodine, cotton, or a tiny piece of catheter tube” (WebMD, 2016). There are several kinds of embolism if is in the deep vein, usually the leg, it would be referred to as deep vein thrombosis if…

Kristi Yamaguchi: Skating Legend Kristi Yamaguchi is a legend on ice. She can make triple jumps and twirls look like a breeze. Her feet, the ones that have skated her from award to award, were not always as efficient as they are now. As a young child she suffered from what is known as clubfoot (Disabled World). Walking adjustments such as casts or special shoes have a positive and a negative effect. On the negative side, large sores or calluses have a tendency to develop with the abnormal…

Introduction Cystic fibrosis is the most frequent lethal genetic disease among Caucasians (Davis, 2006). One in every two thousand, five hundred Caucasian newborns is affected with CF, and the highest rates are among populations with ancestry in Northern Europe (Collins, 1992). Carriers can be as common as one in every twenty-five people; however, rates are typically lower within other ethnicities (Collins, 1992). Among those affected, the severity of the disease can vary. A small percentage…

Those blood vessels carry blood to every other organ, keeping them functioning and driving, but do we know what the components of blood are? Blood is a peculiar to body fluid. It has four main substances: plasma (suspended carries an array of proteins that regulate bleeding and clotting), red blood cells (carry oxygen and nutrients), white blood cells (protect us against infection), and platelets (stop bleeding and help…

pregnancy that returned low-risk male and she otherwise denies any major-medical disorders. Based on her height and weight at the start of the pregnancy, her BMI was 33. By dates, she is 19 1/7 weeks and the measurements are concordant. The amniotic fluid volume is normal, and the cervix is long and closed with no evidence of membrane…

Chordates, which is the phylum or classification of fish and mammals of the sea, are the most developed marine organisms. Scientists believe that Chordates originated about 590 million years ago. The original organisms of the Chordata phylum are believed to have lacked skeletal structures, and therefore, left a very undetermined fossil record. The vertebrate fossil record begins approximately 400 million years ago. Early Chordates were tunicates, marine organisms that would frequently form…

Piaget’s theory of cognitive development extends from birth to approximately two years. During this period, the infant develops an understanding of the world through trial and error. One of the most important ways in which a baby progressively adapts to the world is through flavor perception. During Piaget’s sensorimotor stage, the infant learns that certain actions lead to specific consequences. In this case, bitter flavors are typically disliked, causing the baby to make strange facial…

The hero cycle in The Matrix For Centuries, there has been a common pattern across all mediums of entertainment. From Blockbuster movies to ancient epics, there is a clearly identifiable cycle. A hero, a journey, some conflicts to cause a mess, a reward worthy of a hero, and said hero returning home and everybody celebrating his deeds and accomplishments or him taking his place in society as a more mature version of himself. When we are first introduced to Neo, he is fallen asleep on his…

Clinic. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Feb. 2015. <http://latetermabortion.net/index.html>.) Did you know after 10-16 weeks of carrying the baby when it gets aborted it can feel pain, and often causes the baby is already developing a rib cage, and breathing amniotic fluids to practice breathing before it is actually delivered, in this case this is considered late term abortion, late term abortion not only can the baby feel pain but the mother does also.…