Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Week 1 Terms-Spring
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acme | 1) The highest peak 2) The time of greatest intensity of a symptoms or disease process. The period of maximum intensity of uterine contraction |
| Amnioinfusion | The intrauterine instillation of fluid |
| Amniotomy | Surgical rupture of amnion and chorion |
| Breech | The buttocks |
| Caput | 1) The head 2) The upper part of the organ |
| Caudal | 1) Pertaining to any tail-like structure 2) Inferior in position |
| Cephalic | Cranial |
| Crowning | Stage in delivery when fetal head appears at the vaginal opening |
| Deceleration (FHR) | A decrease in the fetal heart beat from the baseline |
| Decrement | The period in the course of a febrile disease when the fever subsides. The period of subsidence of uterine contraction |
| Dilation | Expansion of an organ or vessel |
| Effacement | Obliteration (thinning) of the uterine cervix during labor |
| Engagement | The entrance of the fetal head or part being presented into the pelvis |
| Epidural Block | Provide regional anesthesia for obsteric patients by injecting medication into potential space outside dura mater |
| Episiotomy | Incision of perineum at the end of second stage of labor to avoid laceration of perineum and to facilitate delivery |
| Fetal Narcosis | CNS depression of the fetus as a result of medications or anesthesia given to the mother |
| FHR | Fetal heart rate (110-160) |
| Increment | The period of increasing intensity of uterine contraction |
| Interval | The space or time between uterine contractions |
| Intrapartum | From the onset of labor to the delivery of the fetus and expulsion of the placenta |
| Lightening | Descent of the fetus into pelvis |
| Macrosomia | Abnormally large body |
| Meconium | First feces of a newborn infant |
| Oxytocin | A pituitary hormone stimulates the uterus to contract, thus inducing delivery |
| Parturition | The act of giving birth |
| Physiologic Bradycardia | A slowed heartbeat caused by pressure of the contracted uterus o the fetal head |
| Show (vaginal) | The serosanguinous discharge from the vagina during the first stage of labor |
| Station | The degree of descent of the presenting part of the fetus during the process of delivery |
| Tetanic Contraction | A state of continued contraction of the uterine muscle occurs in prolonged labors |
| Transition | Last part of first stage of labor, when cervix is dilating from 8-10 cm |
| Uterine Contraction | The primary force of labor |
| VBAC | Vaginal Birth After Cesarean |
| Vertex | The top of the head |
Created by:
nonelily
Popular Nursing sets