1. birth rate
Answer
number of live births per 1000 people
2. fetal death
Answer
death in utero at >20 weeks
3. perinatal mortality
Answer
both neonatal and fetal deaths per 1000 live births
4. neonatal mortality
Answer
number of deaths of infants less than 28 days of age per 1000 births
5. infant mortality rate
Answer
number of infant deaths <1 year of age per 1000 live births in a given population
6. maternal mortality
Answer
number of deaths from any cause during the pregnancy cycle (including 42-day postpartum
period) per 100,000 live births; excludes external causes such as accidents, homicides, suicides
7. estrogen
Answer
development of breasts, widening of hips, maturation of ovarian folli- cles, proliferation of
endometrium, inhibits FSH and LH production; high rate right before ovulation; thin, elastic
cervical mucus
,8. progesterone
Answer
secreted by corpus lutem; highest after ovulation, effects on breasts (prepares for lactation),
often called the hormone of pregnancy; responsible for maintaining the pregnancy*, secreted in
the placenta, relaxed the uterus (de- creases contractility in order to avoid abortion)
9. implantation occurs
Answer
7-10 days after fertilization
10. pre-embryonic stage
Answer
first 14 days post conception
11. embryonic stage
Answer
day 15-8 weeks (3-4 weeks- tubular heart forms and begins to beat; 8 weeks all organs formed)
12. 10-12 weeks
Answer
fetal heart heard
13. external sex organs seen
Answer
16 weeks
14. mom feels movement
Answer
18-20 weeks
15. baby can breath
Answer
28 weeks
, 16. develop SC fat
Answer
32 weeks
17. good chance of survival if born
Answer
36 weeks
18. considered full term
Answer
37 weeks
19. presumptive or subjective signs of pregnancy
Answer
symptoms the woman expe- riences and reports; amenorrhea, N/V, fatigue, breast sensitivity,
urinary frequency, quickening (feeling fetal movement)
20. probable or objective signs of pregnancy
Answer
signs perceived by the examin- er*, may have other causes other then pregnancy;Chadwick's
sign (blue cervix), Goodell's sign (softening of the cervix), uterine enlargement, Braxton-Hick's
ctx, ballottment (feeling fetal movement when pushing on belly), positive pregnancy test, Hegar's
sign (softening of the isthmus of the uterus)
21. positive or diagnostic signs of pregnacy
Answer
signs perceived by examiner, can be caused only by pregnancy; fetal heartbeat, palpation of fetal
parts by practitioner, visualization of fetus by ultrasound
22. quickening for the primagravida woman
Answer
usually felt between 18-20 weeks
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