Pregnancy Terms Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• operculum : mucous plug
• preterm : a pregnancy that has reached 20 weeks but ends before 37 weeks
• viability : capacity to live outside the uterus
• goodell sign : softening of the cervical tip beginning about the 6th week
• braxton hicks : irregular painless contractions
• parity : number of pregnancies in which the fetus has reached 20 weeks gestation
• hegar sign : softening and compressibility of the lower uterine segment
• quickening : first recognition of fetal movements
• gravida : a woman who is pregnant
• positive : signs attributed only to the presence of a fetus
• probable : changes observed by an examiner
• lightening : beginning of fetal descent into the pelvis
• ballottement : bouncing a floating structure and feeling it rebound
• presumptive : changes felt by the woman
• chadwick sign : violet-blue vaginal mucosa and cervix
• primipara : a woman who has completed one pregnancy with a fetus beyond 20 weeks gestation