Body systems

A small, rounded wave that sometimes follows the T wave on an ECG.

An abbreviation with two common meanings: ulcerative colitis or uterine contractions; the setting shows which.

An open sore where the skin or the lining of an organ has broken down.

A long-term inflammatory bowel disease that affects the inner lining of the colon and rectum.

A nerve of the brachial plexus that runs down the inner side of the arm, behind the elbow, to the little-finger side of the hand.

Relating to the umbilicus, the navel; the umbilical region is the central square of the abdomen, around the navel.

The cord that connects the unborn baby to the placenta, carrying oxygen and nutrients to the baby and wastes away.

A condition in which the umbilical cord slips through the cervix ahead of or beside the fetus's presenting part.

The navel: the scar in the middle of the abdomen where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.

On or affecting only one side of the body.

An infection of the nose, sinuses, throat or voice box, such as the common cold.

A waste product the liver makes when it breaks down protein, which the kidneys remove in urine.

One of the two tubes that carry urine from the kidneys down to the bladder.

The tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the body.

A sudden, strong need to pass urine that is hard to put off.

Having to do with urine or with the organs that make, store and pass urine.

Leaking of urine that a person cannot control.

The opening at the end of the urethra through which urine leaves the body.

Being unable to empty the bladder completely, or at all.

The organs that make, store and pass urine: the kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra.

The organs that make, carry, store and pass urine: the kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra.

An infection anywhere in the urinary tract: the kidneys, ureters, bladder or urethra.

To pass urine out of the body; to empty the bladder.

The liquid waste made by the kidneys and stored in the bladder until it leaves the body.

A urine test that measures how concentrated the urine is, compared with the weight of plain water.

Hives: raised, red, itchy welts on the skin.

Relating to the uterus, the womb.

Weak or absent tightening of the uterus muscle after childbirth.

A tightening and then relaxing of the muscle of the uterus (womb), as happens during labor.

A noncancerous growth of muscle and fibrous tissue in or on the wall of the uterus.

A tear through the wall of the uterus during pregnancy or labor.

Having to do with the uterus and the placenta together, especially the blood flow between them.

Too little blood flow between the uterus and the placenta for the fetus's needs.

One of a pair of bands of tissue that run from the back of the cervix and upper vagina, around each side of the rectum, to the sacrum.

A drug that makes the uterus contract, used to start or strengthen labor or to control bleeding after birth.

The hollow, muscular organ in the female pelvis where a fetus grows during pregnancy; the womb.

The small, fleshy piece of tissue that hangs from the middle of the back edge of the soft palate, at the back of the mouth.