VEIN.--A vessel through which the blood flows back to the heart. VERNIX.--The fatty substance deposited over the skin of the newly born infant. VIABLE.--Capable of living. VILLI (singular villus).--The microscopic, finger-like processes which hang from one of the surfaces of the placenta and are surrounded by the mother's blood. VISCERA.--The internal organs which occupy the cavities of the chest and the abdomen. VULVA.--The folds of tissue which surround the outlet of the vagina. End of Project Gutenberg's The Prospective Mother, by J. Morris Slemons