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Week 1 Terms-Spring

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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  
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Amnioinfusion   The intrauterine instillation of fluid  
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Amniotomy   Surgical rupture of amnion and chorion  
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Breech   The buttocks  
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Caput   1) The head 2) The upper part of the organ  
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Caudal   1) Pertaining to any tail-like structure 2) Inferior in position  
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Cephalic   Cranial  
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Crowning   Stage in delivery when fetal head appears at the vaginal opening  
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Deceleration (FHR)   A decrease in the fetal heart beat from the baseline  
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Decrement   The period in the course of a febrile disease when the fever subsides. The period of subsidence of uterine contraction  
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Dilation   Expansion of an organ or vessel  
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Effacement   Obliteration (thinning) of the uterine cervix during labor  
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Engagement   The entrance of the fetal head or part being presented into the pelvis  
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Epidural Block   Provide regional anesthesia for obsteric patients by injecting medication into potential space outside dura mater  
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Episiotomy   Incision of perineum at the end of second stage of labor to avoid laceration of perineum and to facilitate delivery  
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Fetal Narcosis   CNS depression of the fetus as a result of medications or anesthesia given to the mother  
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FHR   Fetal heart rate (110-160)  
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Increment   The period of increasing intensity of uterine contraction  
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Interval   The space or time between uterine contractions  
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Intrapartum   From the onset of labor to the delivery of the fetus and expulsion of the placenta  
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Lightening   Descent of the fetus into pelvis  
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Macrosomia   Abnormally large body  
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Meconium   First feces of a newborn infant  
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Oxytocin   A pituitary hormone stimulates the uterus to contract, thus inducing delivery  
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Parturition   The act of giving birth  
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Physiologic Bradycardia   A slowed heartbeat caused by pressure of the contracted uterus o the fetal head  
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Show (vaginal)   The serosanguinous discharge from the vagina during the first stage of labor  
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Station   The degree of descent of the presenting part of the fetus during the process of delivery  
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Tetanic Contraction   A state of continued contraction of the uterine muscle occurs in prolonged labors  
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Transition   Last part of first stage of labor, when cervix is dilating from 8-10 cm  
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Uterine Contraction   The primary force of labor  
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VBAC   Vaginal Birth After Cesarean  
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Vertex   The top of the head  
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