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Question | Answer |
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Cervical os | Opening of the cervix |
Vertex | Head down |
Breech | Buttocks or legs presenting |
Umbilical cord | Has 3 vessels |
Congenital | Present at birth |
Gravida | Pregnant |
Para | Birth to living child |
Primipara | First child |
Multipara | Multiple children |
Epidural | Regional anesthesia for childbirth |
Gametes | Sex cells |
Zygote | New cell |
Implantation | The fertilized egg travels down the fallopian tube and embeds itself into the uterus |
Corpus luteum | Spot on the ovary where the ova is released |
Chronic villi | Blood vessels that burrow into the uterus |
Human chronic gonadotropin (HCG) | Causes the pregnancy test to be positive |
Embryo | Developing baby |
Fetus | Before baby is born |
Quickening | fetal movement |
Viability | Capable of normal growth and development |