Test 2 ( obstetrical and intrapartum)

Question 1

amenorrhea

Answer 1

absence of menstruation

Question 2

amniotic sac

Answer 2

fluid filled sac that contains and protects the fetus in the womb

Question 3

braxton-Hicks contractions

Answer 3

mild, irregular contractions, “false labor pains”

Question 4

chorion / chorionic

Answer 4

chorion membrane, surrounds the fetus

Question 5

cotyledon

Answer 5

lobule which transmit fetal blood and allow exchange of oxygen and nutrients with the maternal blood.

Question 6

confinement

Answer 6

childbrith

Question 7

EDC, EDD, EDB

Answer 7

Estimated Date of delivery (birth, confinement)

Question 8

Fundal height

Answer 8

from the pubic bone to the top of the uterus

Question 9

Gravida

Answer 9

refer to the number of pregnancies.

Question 10

Leukorrhea

Answer 10

normal vaginal discharge

Question 11

Lightening

Answer 11

a drop in the level of the uterus during the last weeks of pregnancy as the head of the fetus engages in the pelvis.

Question 12

Para

Answer 12

Any woman who has given birth once or more (par·tu·ri·tion)

Question 13

Pica

Answer 13

unusual cravings during pregnancy

Question 14

Quickening

Answer 14

when a pregnant person starts to feel their baby’s movement in their uterus

Question 15

round ligament

Answer 15

rope-like bands of connective tissue that support the uterus (womb)

Question 16

teratogen

Answer 16

any agent that causes an abnormality following fetal exposure during pregnancy

Question 17

wharton’s jelly

Answer 17

gelatinious conective tissue withing the umbilical cord

Question 18

False/true pelvis

Answer 18

False pelvis: above the pelvic brim and has no obstetric importance. True pelvis: below the pelvic brim and related to the child -birth

Question 19

bloody show

Answer 19

common symptom during late pregnancy when a small amount of blood and mucus is released from the vagina.

Question 20

Leopold maneuver

Answer 20

used to determine the position, presentation, and engagement of the fetus in utero.

Question 21

effacement

Answer 21

thinning and shortening of the cervix.

Question 22

SROM/AROM

Answer 22

SPONTANEOUS AND ARTIFICIAL rupture of membrane

Question 23

Friedman Curve

Answer 23

traditionally expected rate of cervical dilation and duration of each stage of labor in a woman who has never given birth