MATERNITY AND PEDIATRICS EXAM #15 STUDY GUIDE EXAM FULLY
SOLVED
What is fertilization? - correct answer Conception ( sperm meets the egg )
What is occurring in the fallopian tube? - correct answer Sperm and egg meet and
travels down
What are the high risk of the fetus forming in the fallopian tube? - correct answer
Ectopic pregnancies, causing rupture and bleeding ( hemorrhage ) the the fallopian
tubes which will require a repair or removal
What is the first stage of the pregnancy? - correct answer Zygote
What forms after the zygote is formed? - correct answer Embryo
How many weeks can an embryo or zygote have to be survive outside the womb? -
correct answer 20 weeks
What are all the parts in the uterus to promote growth of the baby? - correct answer
Uterus, amniotic sac, amniotic fluid, umbilical cord, placenta
What parts of the uterus helps the baby survive? - correct answer Placenta, give
nutrients to baby and takes waste away
What does the umbilical cord contain? - correct answer 2 arteries and 1 vein ( AVA )
What parts of umbilical cord carries the oxygenated blood? - correct answer Veins
What part of the umbilical cord carries the deoxygenated blood? - correct answer
Arteries
Will the blood of the mother mix with the blood of the baby's? - correct answer No, but it
can happen during embryo centesis or when the mom gives birth
What is given if Rh factor in either baby or mother is positive or negative? - correct
answer Rhogam
What other parts of the uterus to help the baby survive? - correct answer amniotic fluid
What is the purpose of amniotic fluid? - correct answer Movement, floating, protection,
temperature regulation ( warm ), helps with the flotation of the umbilical cord
What does the amniotic contain? - correct answer Baby's urine, baby's cells, Lanugo,
hair
, What are the two layers surrounding the baby's amniotic sac? - correct answer Amnion
and chorion
What is wrapped around the umbilical cord to prevent the veins and arteries from
kinking together? - correct answer wharton's jelly
How are identical twins formed? - correct answer Same egg is fertilized, also called
monozygotic
How are fraternal twins formed? - correct answer Different eggs also are fertilized, also
called dizygotic
How are trimesters separated? - correct answer 3 months each or 13 weeks each,
totaling a term of 38 - 40 weeks of pregnancy ( NOTE : book says 37 weeks total )
Hy should preterm babies be a complication of the pregnancy? - correct answer Babies
are underdeveloped, especially the lungs
Why would postterm babies be a complication of the pregnancy? - correct answer
Babies will get too big and is also the placenta will not be able to provide the baby with
the proper nutrition
What are the three parts of the pregnancy called? - correct answer Antepartum
( prenatal ), Intrapartum ( during ), Postpartum ( baby is out )
What is the meaning of gravida? - correct answer pregnant
What is the meaning of primigravida? - correct answer First pregnancy
What is the para? - correct answer Giving birth, baby has reached 20 weeks of
gestation
What is the gestational age? - correct answer Age of the baby in weeks and also how
far along the pregnancy is
GTPAL? - correct answer Gravida, Term, Preterm Births ( alive or stillborn ) , Abortion
and Living Children
What will be the initial first signs of pregnancy to have the mother suspect pregnancy? -
correct answer A missed period
What is it called when a woman thinks she could be pregnant? - correct answer
Presumptive
What is it called when it is more likely that a woman is pregnant? - correct answer
Probable
SOLVED
What is fertilization? - correct answer Conception ( sperm meets the egg )
What is occurring in the fallopian tube? - correct answer Sperm and egg meet and
travels down
What are the high risk of the fetus forming in the fallopian tube? - correct answer
Ectopic pregnancies, causing rupture and bleeding ( hemorrhage ) the the fallopian
tubes which will require a repair or removal
What is the first stage of the pregnancy? - correct answer Zygote
What forms after the zygote is formed? - correct answer Embryo
How many weeks can an embryo or zygote have to be survive outside the womb? -
correct answer 20 weeks
What are all the parts in the uterus to promote growth of the baby? - correct answer
Uterus, amniotic sac, amniotic fluid, umbilical cord, placenta
What parts of the uterus helps the baby survive? - correct answer Placenta, give
nutrients to baby and takes waste away
What does the umbilical cord contain? - correct answer 2 arteries and 1 vein ( AVA )
What parts of umbilical cord carries the oxygenated blood? - correct answer Veins
What part of the umbilical cord carries the deoxygenated blood? - correct answer
Arteries
Will the blood of the mother mix with the blood of the baby's? - correct answer No, but it
can happen during embryo centesis or when the mom gives birth
What is given if Rh factor in either baby or mother is positive or negative? - correct
answer Rhogam
What other parts of the uterus to help the baby survive? - correct answer amniotic fluid
What is the purpose of amniotic fluid? - correct answer Movement, floating, protection,
temperature regulation ( warm ), helps with the flotation of the umbilical cord
What does the amniotic contain? - correct answer Baby's urine, baby's cells, Lanugo,
hair
, What are the two layers surrounding the baby's amniotic sac? - correct answer Amnion
and chorion
What is wrapped around the umbilical cord to prevent the veins and arteries from
kinking together? - correct answer wharton's jelly
How are identical twins formed? - correct answer Same egg is fertilized, also called
monozygotic
How are fraternal twins formed? - correct answer Different eggs also are fertilized, also
called dizygotic
How are trimesters separated? - correct answer 3 months each or 13 weeks each,
totaling a term of 38 - 40 weeks of pregnancy ( NOTE : book says 37 weeks total )
Hy should preterm babies be a complication of the pregnancy? - correct answer Babies
are underdeveloped, especially the lungs
Why would postterm babies be a complication of the pregnancy? - correct answer
Babies will get too big and is also the placenta will not be able to provide the baby with
the proper nutrition
What are the three parts of the pregnancy called? - correct answer Antepartum
( prenatal ), Intrapartum ( during ), Postpartum ( baby is out )
What is the meaning of gravida? - correct answer pregnant
What is the meaning of primigravida? - correct answer First pregnancy
What is the para? - correct answer Giving birth, baby has reached 20 weeks of
gestation
What is the gestational age? - correct answer Age of the baby in weeks and also how
far along the pregnancy is
GTPAL? - correct answer Gravida, Term, Preterm Births ( alive or stillborn ) , Abortion
and Living Children
What will be the initial first signs of pregnancy to have the mother suspect pregnancy? -
correct answer A missed period
What is it called when a woman thinks she could be pregnant? - correct answer
Presumptive
What is it called when it is more likely that a woman is pregnant? - correct answer
Probable
