Terms

Question 1

anybody who is pregnant but before delivery

Answer 1

antepartum

Question 2

during labor or stages of labor

Answer 2

intrapartum

Question 3

after delivery- more short term

Answer 3

postpartum

Question 4

period of about six weeks after childbirth during which the mother’s reproductive organs return to non-pregnant conditions

Answer 4

puerperium

Question 5

total # of pregnancies; outcome doesn’t matter

Answer 5

gravida

Question 6

of births > 20 weeks; when there has been a delivery

Answer 6

parity

Question 7

pregnancy outside of the uterine cavity

Answer 7

ectopic pregnancy

Question 8

abnormal conceptus, non-viable; exaggerated sx’s of pregnancy- high b-HCG

Answer 8

molar pregnancy

Question 9

ultrasound has a snowstorm appearance; risk of choriocarcinoma

Answer 9

molar pregnancy

Question 10

medical indication that mom would be harmed due to pregnancy

Answer 10

therapeutic induced abortion

Question 11

placenta can detach from uterus causing extreme bleeding?

Answer 11

emergent induced abortion

Question 12

type of abortion that is bleeding only, no loss of tissue and cervix is closed

Answer 12

Threatened abortion

Question 13

type of abortion that has bleeding and cramping and the cervix is open

Answer 13

inevitable abortion

Question 14

type of abortion that has bleeding and the cervix is open. POC still remain in utero

Answer 14

incomplete abortion

Question 15

type of abortion that has documented pregnancy and all POC passed

Answer 15

complete abortion

Question 16

type of abortion where there is retention of POC but no bleeding

Answer 16

Missed abortion

Question 17

flattening of the cervix

Answer 17

cervical effacement

Question 18

descent of the fetal presenting part (head) into the cervix

Answer 18

pelvic station

Question 19

where can columnar cells and squamous cells be converted into one another? What is this area called?

Answer 19

at the squamocolumnar junction
the transformation zone

Question 20

first period

Answer 20

menarche

Question 21

heavy bleeding

Answer 21

menorrhagia

Question 22

abnormal bleeding

Answer 22

metorrhagia

Question 23

natural menopause

Answer 23

around 51 years of age

Question 24

premature menopause

Answer 24

can be due to medication, surgery, starvation

Question 25

lack of bleeding

Answer 25

amenorrhea

Question 26

painful cramping during periods

Answer 26

dysmenorrhea

Question 27

in 1st pregnancy/ pregnant once

Answer 27

primigravida

Question 28

in 2nd+ pregnancy/ pregnant more than once

Answer 28

multigravida

Question 29

no prior births

Answer 29

nullipara

Question 30

1 prior birth (or pregnant for the first time)

Answer 30

primipara

Question 31

2+ births (or pregnant for the second + time)

Answer 31

multipara

Question 32

G-TPAL

Answer 32

G: total # of pregnancies
T: full term births 37+ weeks
P: Births 20-36w5d
A: spontaneous or elective
L: multiples count individually

Question 33

what do you palpate during the rectovaginal exam?

Answer 33

the cul de sac and rectovaginal septum

Question 34

what do you palpate during the bimanual exam?

Answer 34

palpate the uterine fundus (not palpable if uterus is retroverted)
Move finger into lateral fornices for adnexa- ovaries not always palpable

Question 35

how long do you have to test blood for toxin?

Answer 35

24 hours

Question 36

how long do you have to test urine for toxins in a sexual assault?

Answer 36

up to four days

Question 37

cycles tend to regulate around?

Answer 37

year three `

Question 38

> 35 days between cycles

Answer 38

oligomenorrhea

Question 39

<21 days between cycles

Answer 39

polymenorrhea