Ultrasound scans

Umbilical cord

Urethra

Urinary tract infection

Uterine bleeding

Uterus

Uterine septum

A technique used for visualizing internal organs, assessing their sizes and shapes by using high-frequency sound waves.

The lifeline for your baby, it is the connection between the fetus at its abdomen and the placenta, giving passage to the umbilical blood vessels. The placenta transports oxygen and nutrients from the placenta to the baby. There are normally three vessels in the umbilical cord, two arteries and one vein.

The muscular tube leading from the bladder to the end of the penis and carries urine and semen.

The lining of the bladder, urethra, ureters, and kidneys become irritated with a urinary tract infection (frequently abbreviated as UTI). Urinary tract infections have been known to bring on premature labor.

Any clinically significant bleeding during the pregnancy, taking into consideration the stage of pregnancy; any second or third trimester bleeding of the uterus prior to the onset of labor.

The womb; a hollow, pear-shaped muscular organ in which the fetus develops.

A band of tissue in the midsection of the uterus that divide the normal uterine cavity.