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| V-Z | Vaccine is the dose of some medication, given to a person with the aim to cause the production of antibodies in order to provide the protection against subsequent infections.
Vacuum extractor is a kind of a medical device, with the help of which it is possible to provide traction on the head of the fetus during the process of his arrival.
Vagina is called the muscular canal, which extends from the cervix to the outside of the body. As a rule vagina is six to seven inches long, and its walls are lined with muscular membrane. There are two yault like structures in vagina: the anterior vaginal fornix and the posterior vaginal fornix. Vagina also includes a lot of tiny glands, which make vaginal secretions. The cervix protrudes slightly into the vagina, and it is through a tiny hole in the cervix, that the male’s sperm can make hteir way towarde the internal reproductive organs of a woman with the aim of fertilization.
Varicose veins are blood vessels or veins, which are either dilated or enlarged.
VBAC – vaginal birth after Cesarean.
Vena cava is the name of the major vein in the body, which empties into the right atrium of the heart. It works by returning unoxygenated blood to the heart for transport to the lungs.
Vernix means some fatty substance, which is produced from epithelial cells, covering the skin of a fetus inside the uterus.
Vertex is the position of the arrival of the fetus, when his head is the first to come out.
Villi is a projection from a mucous membrane. They play an extremely important role in the process of exchange of nutrients from the maternal blood to the placenta and to the fetus.
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Womb is a female reproductive organ, in which an embryo develops into a fetus, and a fetus grows and develops into a baby. Womb may also be called an uterus.
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Zygote is a cell, which develops in the result of a male’s sperm getting united with the female’s egg during the process of fertilization.
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