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| What does placenta mean in Greek? |
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| When does the placenta become fully functional? |
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| Endocrine functioning units of the placenta. |
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| Four functions of the placenta. |
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| 1. nutrition 2. pulmonary 3. renal (waste removal) 4. produces hormones |
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| What hormones does the placenta produce? |
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| hcg, progesterone and estrogen |
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| Where does nutrient and blood exchange occur in the placenta? |
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| lacunae, clefts, or intervillous spaces |
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| Placental size is directly proportional to: |
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| Placental function is directly related to: |
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| When the AP thickness of the placenta is greater than 5 cm. |
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| Hypoechoic areas of the placenta lacking flow could be: |
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| fibrin deposits and/or thrombosis |
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| Ischemic necrosis of placental villi resulting from interference with maternal blood flow to the intervillous space. |
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| What grade placenta shows suttle indentations? |
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| What grade placenta shows comma like indentations? |
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| What grade placenta shows comma like indentations projecting to the basalar plate? |
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| What abnormal intraplacental lesion has increased hcg, but no embryo? |
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| What abnormal intraplacental lesion has a non-viable embryo? |
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| A blood vessel tumor appearing as a hypoechoic, well-circumscribed mass beneath the chorion? |
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| Is a teratoma in the placenta benign or malignant? |
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| What kind of placenta may be associated with vaginal bleeding and may require a c-section delivery? |
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| What three factors are associated with placenta previa? |
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| 1. AMA 2. multiparity 3. prior c-section/surgery |
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| What type of previa has a vessel overlying the os? |
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| What is the most common cause of painless 2nd and 3rd trimester bleeding? |
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| Chorionic plate is smaller than basalar plate resulting in a shelf or folding appearance of the placenta. |
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| Extra lobes of the placenta with vessels. |
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| succenturiate placenta (accessory) |
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| Placenta divided into two lobes but united by primary vessels and membranes. |
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| Ring shaped placenta attaches like a belt to the myometrium. |
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| Placenta covers all or most of the sac. |
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| Accumulation of blood beneath the chorionic plate. |
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| When is a subchorionic hematoma most commonly seen? |
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| Premature detachment of all or part of the placenta from the uterine wall before delivery of the fetus. |
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| What are the two types of placenta abruptions? |
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| Chorionic villi invades the myometrium. |
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| What are the types of accretas, from mild to severe? |
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| accreta, increta, percreta |
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| Insertion of the cord along the margin of the placenta. |
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| Insertion along the free membranes of the placenta. |
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| Velamentous cord insertion is associated with what? |
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| vaso previa and succenturiate lobe |
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