Chapter 1 and 2 Overview, Maternal Anatomy

Question 1

Cervical edema during pregnancy leads to softening called?

Answer 1

Goodell Sign

Question 2

Uterine artery is a main branch of what artery?

previously called the Hypogastric artery.

Answer 2

Internal Iliac artery

Question 2

Ovarian Artery is a direct branch of what?

Answer 2

Aorta

Question 3

Four bones of the pelvis?

Answer 3

Sacrum, Coccyx and two Innominate bones

Question 4

Peritoneum that is over the uteroovarian ligament?

Answer 4

Mesovarium

Question 5

Isthmic softening is called?

Answer 5

Hegar sign

Question 7

The clinical evaluation of the pelvic inlet requires manual measurement of which diameter?

Answer 7

Diagonal conjugate

Question 9

A patient presents with severe preeclampsia at 25 weeks’ gestation. Labor is induced and she spontaneously delivers a 692-g neonate. In the recovery room she complains of a severe headache and suddenly collapses. She is unable to be resuscitated. An autopsy reveals the following finding. How would her death be classified?

Answer 9

Direct maternal death

Question 10

Ectocervial blue tint due to increase in vascularity within the cervix stroma is called?

Answer 10

Chadwick’s sign

Question 11

Newborn whose weight is

Answer 11

Low birthweight

Question 14

Peritoneum that is around the round ligament?

Answer 14

Mesoteres

Question 16

Innominate bone is formed by what bones?

Answer 16

Illium, Ischium and Pubis

Question 17

The death of the mother that results from obstetrical complications.

Answer 17

Direct maternal death

Question 18

The uterine artery is a main branch of which of the following vessels?

Answer 18

Internal iliac artery

Question 19

The fertility rate is the number of live births per 1000 females of what age?

Answer 19

15–44 years

Question 21

The posterior division of the internal iliac artery contains which of the following?

Answer 21

Illiolumbar artery

Question 22

The perinatal period starts after delivery at 20 weeks’ gestation or older. When does it end?

Answer 22

28 days after birth

Question 24

Posterior Triangle is contains?

Answer 24

Ischioanal fossa
Anal sphincter complex
Anal canal

Question 25

Diamond shaped area between the thighs.

Answer 25

Perineum

Question 27

What artery may be lacerated during a Maylard incision?

Answer 27

Inferior epigastric artery

Question 28

The inferior epigastric artery arises from which of the following?

Answer 28

External iliac artery

Question 29

The common iliac artery arises directly from which of the following?

Answer 29

Aorta

Question 30

Delivery at what age divides preterm from term gestations?

Answer 30

37 weeks

Question 31

18. A 24-year-old primigravida with no prior prenatal care presents with active preterm labor at 33 weeks’ gestation. Following admission to Labor and Delivery, she complains of dyspnea, suddenly collapses, and is unable to be resuscitated. Her fetus dies during attempted maternal resuscitation. Autopsy of the mother reveals marked right ventricular hypertrophy, and her peripheral pulmonary arteries microscopically show marked hypertrophy of the tunica media. How would her death be classified? RV = right ventricle; LV = left ventricle.

Answer 31

Indirect maternal death

Question 32

Ligament corresponds embryologically to the male gubernacle?

Answer 32

Round ligament

Question 36

The number of live births per 1000 populations.

Answer 36

Birth rate

Question 37

Death after 7days but before 29days.

Answer 37

Late neonatal death

Question 39

Pelvic diaphragm is composed of what muscles?

Answer 39

Levator ani and Coccygeus muscle

Question 40

Injecting local anesthetic nerve block for a pudendal nerve block, what serves as an identifiable landmark?

Answer 40

Ischial spine

Question 41

The upper fourth of the vagina is separated from the rectum by the rectouterine pouch, also called.

Answer 41

Cul de sac or pouch of Douglas

Question 42

Also called the transverse cervical ligament or Mackenrodt ligament?

Answer 42

Cardinal ligament

Question 43

Peritoneum that overlies the fallopian tube?

Answer 43

Mesosalpinx

Question 44

Levator ani is composed of what muscles?

Answer 44

Pubococcygeus Pubprectalis Illicoccygeus

Question 45

Pubococcygeus is also termed?

Answer 45

Pubovisceral muscle

Question 46

Engagement occurs when the biparietal diameter of the fetal head descends below the level of which of the following?

Answer 46

Pelvic inlet

Question 47

A neonate born any time after 37weeks of gestation and up until 42weeks (260 to 294 days).

Answer 47

Term neonate

Question 48

Distal vaginal wall is supplied by which artery?

Answer 48

Internal pudendal artery

Question 49

The vestibule is an almond shaped area bounded by what?

Answer 49

Laterally by the Hartline

Question 50

The Femoral artery gives rise which of the following vessels?

Answer 50

External pudendal artery Superficial epigastric artery Superficial circumflex iliac artery