MIDWIFERY ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY YEAR 1 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What does PaCO2 mean? - ✔✔Pressure of carbon dioxide.
✔✔Identify the 3 types of lochia following birth. - ✔✔Rubra -red, mainly blood products.
Serosa - pink, serum.
Alba - white, leukocytes, mucus.
✔✔What activities take place during a booking appointment? - ✔✔Completion of the
pregnancy records
BP
Urinalysis
Assessment of risk and referrals as appropriate
Booking bloods
Discussion about screening and arrangement of scan
Measurement of BMI
✔✔At what gestational age should symphysis-fundal height be first measured? - ✔✔24
weeks.
✔✔What does APGAR stand for? - ✔✔Appearance (colour)
Pulse
Grimace
Activity (muscle tone)
Respiration
✔✔What is considered a normal blood loss during labour? - ✔✔Less than or equalled to
500mls.
✔✔Name 8 methods of birth control. - ✔✔Combined pill
Coil
, Mini-pill (pop)
Condoms (male or female)
Tracking menstruation
Diaphragm/cap
Lactation/amenorrhoea method
Sterilisation (male or female)
Abstaining from sex
✔✔When can you expect women to open their bowels following delivery? - ✔✔3-5 days
normally.
✔✔What is a cardiotocograph? - ✔✔CTG - continuous electronic fetal monitoring.
Measures contractions and fetal heart rate.
✔✔What is the difference between conjugated and unconjugated bilirubin? -
✔✔Conjugated is made water-soluble by the liver and is more easily excreted or
reabsorbed.
Unconjugated is lipid-soluble and not converted by the liver. It deposits in subcutaneous
fat which makes the skin look yellow.
✔✔What are the phases of the menstrual cycle? - ✔✔Menstrual
Proliferative
Secretory
✔✔What are the phases of the ovarian cycle? - ✔✔Follicular
Ovulation
Luteal
✔✔Where is testosterone produced? - ✔✔The Leydig cells.
✔✔Chorionic villi in the placenta are surrounded by what? - ✔✔The cytotrophoblast
The syncitiotrophoblast
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What does PaCO2 mean? - ✔✔Pressure of carbon dioxide.
✔✔Identify the 3 types of lochia following birth. - ✔✔Rubra -red, mainly blood products.
Serosa - pink, serum.
Alba - white, leukocytes, mucus.
✔✔What activities take place during a booking appointment? - ✔✔Completion of the
pregnancy records
BP
Urinalysis
Assessment of risk and referrals as appropriate
Booking bloods
Discussion about screening and arrangement of scan
Measurement of BMI
✔✔At what gestational age should symphysis-fundal height be first measured? - ✔✔24
weeks.
✔✔What does APGAR stand for? - ✔✔Appearance (colour)
Pulse
Grimace
Activity (muscle tone)
Respiration
✔✔What is considered a normal blood loss during labour? - ✔✔Less than or equalled to
500mls.
✔✔Name 8 methods of birth control. - ✔✔Combined pill
Coil
, Mini-pill (pop)
Condoms (male or female)
Tracking menstruation
Diaphragm/cap
Lactation/amenorrhoea method
Sterilisation (male or female)
Abstaining from sex
✔✔When can you expect women to open their bowels following delivery? - ✔✔3-5 days
normally.
✔✔What is a cardiotocograph? - ✔✔CTG - continuous electronic fetal monitoring.
Measures contractions and fetal heart rate.
✔✔What is the difference between conjugated and unconjugated bilirubin? -
✔✔Conjugated is made water-soluble by the liver and is more easily excreted or
reabsorbed.
Unconjugated is lipid-soluble and not converted by the liver. It deposits in subcutaneous
fat which makes the skin look yellow.
✔✔What are the phases of the menstrual cycle? - ✔✔Menstrual
Proliferative
Secretory
✔✔What are the phases of the ovarian cycle? - ✔✔Follicular
Ovulation
Luteal
✔✔Where is testosterone produced? - ✔✔The Leydig cells.
✔✔Chorionic villi in the placenta are surrounded by what? - ✔✔The cytotrophoblast
The syncitiotrophoblast
