NUR 220 (OB - Test 2) **TERMS ONLY** Questions with Correct
Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: The 5 P's of Labor
Answer: 1. Passenger 2. Passageway 3. Powers 4. Position (of the mother) 5. Psychologic response
Question 2: Passenger
Answer: Movement of the passenger (fetus)
Question 3: Anterior fontanel closes by
Answer: 18 months
Question 4: Posterior fontanel closes by
Answer: 6-8 weeks
Question 5: Fetal presentation
Answer: The part of the fetus that enters the pelvic inlet first and leads through the birth canal during labor
Question 6: Fetal lie
Answer: Relationship of the long axis (spine) of the fetus to the long axis (spine) of the mother
Question 7: Cephalic birth position
Answer: Baby delivered head first
Question 8: Breech birth position
Answer: Baby delivered butt, feet, or both first
Question 9: Shoulder birth position
Answer: The baby's shoulder is presenting first for delivery
Question 10: Fetal attitude
Answer: Relationship of fetal parts to one another
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, Question 11: General flexion attitude (Normal)
Answer: 1. Back of fetus rounded 2. Chin flexed on chest 3. Thighs flexed on abdomen 4. Legs flexed at
knees 5. Arms crossed over thorax 6. Umbilical cord lies between arms/legs
Question 12: Fetal position
Answer: Refers to the direction of a reference point in the fetal presenting part to the maternal pelvis
Question 13: Engagement of fetus
Answer: Large transverse diameter of the presenting part has passed through the maternal inlet into the true
pelvis
Question 14: Passageway
Answer: Birth canal; composed of rigid bony pelvis and the soft tissue, cervix, pelvic floor, vagina, and
introitus (vagina opening)
Question 15: Gynecoid pelvis
Answer: Classic female pelvis
Question 16: Android pelvis
Answer: Classic male pelvis
Question 17: Anthropoid pelvis
Answer: Oval shaped pelvis
Question 18: Platypelloid pelvis
Answer: Flat pelvis
Question 19: Powers (Birth)
Answer: Contractions
Question 20: Primary powers
Answer: Involuntary uterine contractions
Question 21: Frequency
Answer: Time from beginning of one contraction to the beginning of the next contraction
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Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: The 5 P's of Labor
Answer: 1. Passenger 2. Passageway 3. Powers 4. Position (of the mother) 5. Psychologic response
Question 2: Passenger
Answer: Movement of the passenger (fetus)
Question 3: Anterior fontanel closes by
Answer: 18 months
Question 4: Posterior fontanel closes by
Answer: 6-8 weeks
Question 5: Fetal presentation
Answer: The part of the fetus that enters the pelvic inlet first and leads through the birth canal during labor
Question 6: Fetal lie
Answer: Relationship of the long axis (spine) of the fetus to the long axis (spine) of the mother
Question 7: Cephalic birth position
Answer: Baby delivered head first
Question 8: Breech birth position
Answer: Baby delivered butt, feet, or both first
Question 9: Shoulder birth position
Answer: The baby's shoulder is presenting first for delivery
Question 10: Fetal attitude
Answer: Relationship of fetal parts to one another
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, Question 11: General flexion attitude (Normal)
Answer: 1. Back of fetus rounded 2. Chin flexed on chest 3. Thighs flexed on abdomen 4. Legs flexed at
knees 5. Arms crossed over thorax 6. Umbilical cord lies between arms/legs
Question 12: Fetal position
Answer: Refers to the direction of a reference point in the fetal presenting part to the maternal pelvis
Question 13: Engagement of fetus
Answer: Large transverse diameter of the presenting part has passed through the maternal inlet into the true
pelvis
Question 14: Passageway
Answer: Birth canal; composed of rigid bony pelvis and the soft tissue, cervix, pelvic floor, vagina, and
introitus (vagina opening)
Question 15: Gynecoid pelvis
Answer: Classic female pelvis
Question 16: Android pelvis
Answer: Classic male pelvis
Question 17: Anthropoid pelvis
Answer: Oval shaped pelvis
Question 18: Platypelloid pelvis
Answer: Flat pelvis
Question 19: Powers (Birth)
Answer: Contractions
Question 20: Primary powers
Answer: Involuntary uterine contractions
Question 21: Frequency
Answer: Time from beginning of one contraction to the beginning of the next contraction
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