Question | Answer |
Absence of menstrual flow | Amenorrhea |
The inner of the two membrane layers that surround and contain the fetus and the amniotic fluid during pregnancy | Amnion |
A liquid produced by and contained within the fetal membranes during pregnancy | Amniotic Fluid |
The double layered sac that contains the fetus and the amniotic fluid during pregnancy | Amniotic Sac |
The darker pigmented, circular area surrounding the nipple of each breast | Areola |
A technique of using the examiner's finger to tap against the uterus, through the vagina, to cause the fetus to "bounce" within the amniotic fluid and feeling it rebound quickly | Ballottement |
Irregular, ineffective contractions of the uterus that occur throughout pregnancy | Braxton Hicks Contractions |
Suturing the cervix to keep it from dilating prematurely during the pregnancy "purse string procedure" | Cerclage |
The blueish-violet hue of the cervix and vagina after approximately the sixth week of pregnancy | Chadwick's Sign |
Patches of tan or brown pigmentation associated with pregnancy "mask of pregnancy" | Chloasma |
The outer of the two membrane layers that surround and contain the fetus and the amniotic fluid during pregnancy | Chorion |
Sexual intercourse "copulation" | Coitus |
The thin, yellowish fluid secreted by the breasts during pregnancy and the first few days after birth, before lactation begins | Colostrum |
The union of a male sperm and a female ovum "fertilization" | Conception |
A mass of yellowish tissue that forms within the ruptures ovarian follicle after ovulation | Corpus Luteum |
The most sever form of hypertension during pregnancy, evidenced by seizures | Eclampsia |
Swelling, with water retention | Edema |
Thinning of the cervix, which allows it to enlarge the diameter of its opening in preparation for childbirth | Effacement |
The name given to the product of conception from the second through the eighth week of pregnancy | Embryo |
The inner lining of the uterus | Endometrium |
A surgical procedure in which in an incision is made into the woman's perineum to enlarge the vaginal opening for delivery of the baby | Episiotomy |
A special stethoscope for hearing the fetal heartbeat through the mother's abdomen | Fetoscope |
The name given to the developing baby from approximately the eighth week after conception until birth | Fetus |
The finger like end of the fallopian tube | Fimbriae |
Superior aspect of the uterus | Fundus |
A mature sperm or ovum | Gamete |
A return, or reflux, of gastric juices into the esophagus - resulting in a burning sensation | Gastroesophageal Reflux |
280 days The period of intrauterine development of the fetus from conception through birth | Gestation |
A gamete producing gland, such as an ovary or a testis | Gonads |
The softening of the uterine cervix | Goddell's Sign |
A woman who is pregnant | Gravida |
Softening of the lower segment of the uterus | Hegar's Sign |
High blood pressure | Hypertension |
Low blood pressure | Hypotension |
The time and the process that occur during birth, from the beginning of cervical dilation to the delivery of the placenta | labor |
The production and secretion of milk from the female breasts as nourishment for the infant | Lactation |
Visualization of the abdominal cavity with an instrument called a laparoscope through an incision into the abdominal wall | Laparoscopy |
A white discharge from the vagina | Leukorrhea |
The settling of the fetal head into the pelvis | Lightening |
A darkened vertical midline appearing on the abdomen of a pregnant woman, extending from the fundus to the symphysis pubis | Linea Nigra |
A forward curvature of the spine | Lordosis |
A woman who has given birth two or more times after 20 weeks' gestation | Multipara |
A formula that is used to calculate the date of birth | Nagele's Rule |
The branch of medicine that specializes in the treatment and care of the disease and disorders of the new born through the first four weeks of life | Neonatology |
A woman who has never completed a pregnancy beyond 20 weeks' gestation | Nullipara |