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OB 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Wharton jelly | soft jellylike substance that protects the umbilical cord |
| amnion | the inner mebrane surrounding the fetus |
| quickening | 1st fetal movements [18-20wks] |
| melasma | "mask of pregnancy"/ choasma gravidarum |
| HPL | Human Placental Lactogen |
| Anticipatory guidelines | education about expected changes prior to their occurence |
| PTL | PRETERM LABOR |
| PROM/ PPROM | PRETERM PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMEBRANES |
| PIH | PREGNANCY INDUCED HYPERTENSION |
| fundal height | measurement of the size of uterus |
| gestation | period of time that occurs from the mement a man's sperm feritlizes a woman's egg until the birth of a NB |
| Trimester | 3 month period |
| gravida | latin for pregnant woman |
| primgravida | 1st pregnancy |
| multigravida | pregnant woman who has given brith once |
| PARA | parting of mother and baby or birth |
| Antepartum | pregnancy period |
| obstetrics | branch of med concerned w/ pregnancy and birth |
| obstetrician | physician who practices obstertric |
| nurse midwife | RN who has received specialized training |
| preconceptional | car of the woman before pregnancy |
| conception/fertilization | sperm and ovum united |
| zygote | fertiliaed ovum |
| morula | ball of 16 identical cellsfertilized aygote |
| decidua | endometrum during pregnancyimplanted blastocys |
| embryo | fully implanted decidua |
| chorion outermost cell layer that surrounds the embroyo | chorion |
| Period of the fetus | 9th weeks after feritilization through birth |
| Cehalocaudal | head to toe development |
| Wharton's jelly | soft, jellylike substance that protects the cord |
| Pica | abnormal craving for nonfood items |
| Quickening | first fetal movements |
| Goodell's sign | Cerix softening at 8th week |
| Chadwick's sign | purple/blue cervix may occur as early as 6th week |
| Hegar's sign | softening of uterine fundus at about 7th week |
| linea nigra | dark pigment on abdomen |
| Colostrum | 14th week-clear slightly milky fluid |