| A | B |
|---|
| Obstetrics | Midwife |
| Puerperal fever; "childbed fever" | Infection from an unclean birth; uterine infection |
| Joseph Lister | Father of antisepsis |
| Queen Victoria | Made analgesia accepted for use in the birthing process |
| Margaret Sanger | Founded Planned Parenthood |
| James Simpson | Introduced chloroform as an OB ansthetic |
| WIC | Nutrition program |
| Perinatology | Care of mom and fetus with complications before and during childbirth (28wks - 28days) |
| Neonatology | Care of the high risk newborn |
| Beneficence | Do good |
| Nonmalfeasance | Do no harm |
| Autonomy | Clients right to decide what happens to his or her body |
| Abortion | End of pregnancy that is less than 20 weeks |
| Spontaneous abortion | Miscarriage |
| Fourchette | Tissue fold often torn or cut during childbirth |
| Ovaries | Produce estrogen, progesterone, et ova |
| Cervix | Bacterial barrier; Creates alkaline environment to shield sperm |
| Uterus myometrium | Dilate cervix and expel infant |
| Cooper's ligaments | Fibrous tissue that suspends breasts |
| Gynecoid | Typical femal pelvis |
| Android | Typical male pelvis; Wedge-shaped inlet; narrow anterior segment |
| Anthropoid | Long, narrow oval; ant/posterior equal or > transverse diameter |
| Platypelloid | Shortened AP diameter; flat, transverse oval; increase transverse lie |
| True Pelvis | Lower pelvis; inlet, cavity and outlet |
| False Pelvis | Upper pelvis; supports enlarged uterus and guides fetus into true pelvis |
| Pelvic diameter | Determins whether fetus can pass through mother's pelvis |
| Prepuce | Foreskin; removed during circumcision |
| Mitosis | Responsible for normal body growth and development |
| Meiosis | Occurs in sexual reproduction or gametogenesis |
| Zygote Stage | Fetal developmental stage conception to 14th day |
| Embryonic stage | Fetal developmental stage from day 15 to end of 8th week |
| Fetal Stage | Fetal developmental stage from 9th week to birth |
| Blastomere | Zygote that reaches 8-cell dividing stage |
| Morula | Solid cluster formed from dividing blastomeres |
| Blastocyst | At time of implantation; Cells differentiate and forma cavity within cluster of cells |
| Trophoblast | Outer blastocyst layer that develops the placenta |
| Embryoblast | Inner blastocyst layer that the embryo will develop and the yolk sac forms |
| Blastocyst Cavity | Area the fetus will have to move in |
| Gastrulation | Rapid development of the embryo from the embryonic disk |
| Ductus Venosus | Fetal circulation that bypasses liver |
| Foramen Ovale | Fetal circualtion that bypasses right side of heart |
| Ductus Arteriosus | Fetal circulation that bypasses lungs |
| Dizygotic | Fraternal twins; 2 separate ova and sperm |
| Monozygotic | Identical twins; One ova and one sperm; Same sex |
