Fundamentals of Midwifery: A Textbook for Students (81 page)

Haemostasis
Stopping of bleeding involving blood coagulation and contraction of damaged blood vessels.
Haematological
Disorders associated with the study of blood.
Hypercoaguable
Propensity for the body to develop thrombosis.
Hypervolaemia
Blood volume is increased.
Hypotension
Abnormally low arterial blood pressure.
Involution
Physiological process of the uterus returning to be a pelvic organ.
Ischemia
Inadequate blood supply to tissues caused by blockage of the blood vessels.
Lochia
The decidual lining of the uterus degenerates and is shed in the postpartum blood loss through the vagina.
Myometrium
Middle layer of the uterus.
Phagocytosis
Digestion of bacteria and removal of pathogens.