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This hormone, produced by the placenta, is the basis for pregnancy tests.
What is hCG (Human Chorionic Gonadotropin)?
Which hormones increase and suppress FSH/LH?
What is estrogen and progesterone
What type of murmur is abnormal in pregnancy?
What is diastolic murmur?
What happens to plasma and red blood cell volume?
What is increase?
This stage involves the delivery of the placenta and can last 5-30 minutes.
What is the Third Stage?
This cardiovascular change involves a 40-50% increase, leading to a physiologic anemia.
What is plasma volume?
This hormone increases throughout pregnancy, is responsible for uterine growth and is primarily produced by the placenta.
What is Progestrone?
This type of pulse may be felt due to increased stroke volume and peripheral vasodilation.
What is bounding pulse?
What happens to the basal metabolic rate?
What is slowly increases?
In this mechanism of placental delivery, the shiny fetal side presents first.
What is the Schultze mechanism?
Missed period, nausea, fatigue are what type of pregnancy signs?
What are positive signs of pregnancy.
This hormone peaks at term and is responsible for stimulating uterine contractions.
What is Oxytocin?
Pregnant people often feel this, even without hypoxia, due to diaphragmatic pressure and increased oxygen demand.
What is SOB,Dyspnea
What happens to serum albumin levels
What is decrease?
This is the relationship of the fetal presenting part to the ischial spines, measured from -5 to +5.
What is Station?
Fetal heart sounds heard by stethoscope at what weeks?
What is 20-24 weeks
This hormone increases to prepare the breasts for lactation and can contribute to insulin resistance.
What is Prolactin?
This respiratory volume increases, leading to a state of compensated respiratory alkalosis.
What is Tidal Volume?
The hyperpigmented line that can appear on the abdomen is called this.
What is the Linea Nigra?
This four-step abdominal maneuver is used to determine fetal position and presentation.
What are Leopold's Maneuvers?
Goodell's sign, Chadwick's sign,Hegar's sign, Ballottement and a Positive Pregnancy test are what type of pregnancy signs?
What are the probable signs of pregnancy
Levels of these two pituitary hormones fall to low levels due to high estrogen and progesterone.
What are FSH and LH?
This heart sound is common after mid-pregnancy and is often benign.
What is a third heart sound (S3)?
The common skin marks known as "stretch marks" have the medical term ______ gravidarum.
What is striae?
This fetal circulatory structure shunts blood away from the lungs in utero and closes after birth.
What is the Ductus Arteriosus?