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unit 1 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| antepartum | before the onset of labor |
| intrapartum | onset of labor to delivery of the newborn and placenta |
| postpartum | immediately following delivery of the newborn and the placenta to 6 weeks after delivery |
| viability | fetus survived outside of the uterus - 20 weeks gestation |
| gravid | state of being pregnant |
| gravida | total number of pregnancies over lifetime and current pregnancy |
| primagravida | pregnant for the first time |
| multigravida | pregnant more than once |
| nulligravida | never been pregnant |
| para | total number of deliveries live or dead past the point of viability |
| primapara | giving birth to only one child past the point of viability |
| multipara | given birth to more than one fetus past the point of viability |
| grand multipara | given birth to at least 5 fetuses past the point of viability |
| nullipara | never carried a pregnancy past the point of viability |
| live birth | delivered past the point of viability who at birth shows signs of life such as heartbeat or respirations |
| stillbirth | fetus born past the point of viability with no signs of life |
| full term birth | newborn born after the beginning of the 38th week |
| pre-term birth | newborn born at 37 weeks or less |
| abortion | anything before 20 weeks |
| androgens | responsible for sperm production and maturation |
| spermatogenesis | beginning of sperm/produced - seminiferous tubules |
| epididymis | sperm mature |
| testes | 2 organs contained in the scrotum |
| vas deferns | muscular tube surrounded by nerves & tissues |
| ejaculatory duct | leads to urethra |
| FSH & ICSH | follicle stimulating hormone & interstitial cells stimulating hormone |
| FSH | responsible for production of sperm in seminiforus tubule |
| ICSH | testosterone - assists in sperm maturation and secondary sex characteristics |
| amenorrhea | absense of menstruation |
| menorrhagia | heavy or prolonged bleeding which over time can lead to anemia |
| metrorrhagia | menstrual bleeding normal amount but occuring at irregular intervals |
| endometriosis | growth of endometrial tissue outside of the uterus - causes menstrual like bleeding, inflammation and scarring |
| fibroids | benign estrogen-responsive tumors of the uterine wall |
| toxic shock syndrome | illness caused by exotoxin of staph anureus |
| PID | pelvis inflammatory disease - general term used to describe any inflammation of the female reproductive tract. usually caused by untreated chlamydia & gonrrhea |
| cystocele | bladder bulges into vaginal wall |
| rectocele | rectum falls down and pushes into vaginal wall |
| enterocele | small intestine falls down into pelvis cavity & falls between rectum & vagina |
| uterine prolapse | falls down through vagina |
| somatic cells | all cells in the body except (NOT) sperm and eggs; 46 chromosomes |
| germ cells/sex cells aka gametes | sperm or eggs; 23 chromosomes |
| mitosis | soma cell production and replacement |
| meiosis | sex cell division produced by halving chromosomes 46-23 |
| gametogenesis | creation of sperm or eggs via meiosis |
| fertilization | joining of sperm and egg: results in 46 chromosome zygote |
| oogenesis | refers to ovum or egg & present at birth |
Created by:
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