Exam 9: Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth

The earliest methods of medical pain control for childbirth required the mother to be deeply sedated, a state known as ________.

________ refers to an earlier method of childbirth pain control that used a combination of two injectable drugs: morphine and scopolamine.

At the end of the eight weeks following implantation, the embryo becomes known as a(n) ________.

In the ________, the pituitary gland at the base of the brain begins to secrete FSH that enhances the follicle growth and ovum development.

For optimum fertility, a man should abstain from ejaculation and "save up" his semen for a few days to increase the number of sperm cells in his ejaculate.

The obstetrician and professor at Edinburgh University who discovered the use of chloroform during the birth process is ________.

All of the following are true about postpartum depression except that it ________.

The problem of infertility related to sperm cells may include all of the following except ________.

The most common pain relief medications in use today are ________.

A review of available research concluded that there is no scientific evidence to support the idea that the termination of an unwanted pregnancy leads to mental health problems in women.

Acceptance of the use of chloroform for childbirth grew rapidly when Queen Victoria demanded and received chloroform during the birth of her eighth child in 1853.

________ involves the placement of a mixture of egg and sperm directly into the fallopian tube.

Overall, the risks of vaginal delivery are greater than those of a C-section

Abortion is not related to a higher incidence of any type of cancer.

Increasing age is associated with ________ fertility, especially in women.

An episiotomy is a surgical incision in a woman's ________.

Sandra had been struggling with infertility.Her doctor recommended she have a(n) ________, which would allow her doctor to have a direct, internal look at the ovaries, fallopian tubes, and uterus.

Damaged or blocked fallopian tubes are most commonly the result of ________ or ________.

In ________ a single sperm cell from the man is injected using a microscopic needle, directly into each harvested egg from the woman.The resulting zygote is then transferred after a few days into the woman's uterus.

Nearly ________ of all surgical abortion in the United States occur within the first trimester of pregnancy.