NCLEX Maternal Nursing questions with
answers
Where does the true pelvis lie? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔✔below the pelvic brim, and consists of the pelvic inlet,
midpelvis, and pelvic outlet
Where does the false pelvis lie? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔✔shallow portion above the pelvic brim and supports the
abdominal viscera
What type of pelvis is most favorable for successful labor and birth?
- ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔Gynecoid
What is diagonal conjugate? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔✔distance from the lower margin of the symphysis pubis to the
sacral promontory
what is the True conjugate or Conjugate vera? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED
ANSWER **✔✔distance from the upper margin of the symphysis
,pubis to the sacral promontory
what is the obstetric conjugate? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔✔smallest front-to-back distance through which the fetal head
must pass in moving through the pelvic inlet
what is the transverse diameter? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔✔largest of the pelvic inlet diameters; located at right angles to
the true conjugate
what is the posterior sagittal diameter? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED
ANSWER **✔✔distance from the point where the anteroposterior
and transverse diameters cross each other to the middle of the
sacral promontory
The first two weeks after conception is called the ____ period
- ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔pre embryonic
Beginning day 15 through approximately the eighth week after
conception is called the ____ period - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔✔embryonic
,Beginning at the ninth week after conception and ending with birth
is called the ___ period - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔fetal
Week 1 of fetal development - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔✔blastocyst is free floating
Weeks 2-3 of fetal development - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔-
embryo is 1.5-2 mm in length
-lung buds appear
-blood circulation begins
-heart is tubular and begins to beat
-neural plate becomes brain and spinal cord
Week 5 of fetal development - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔-
embryo is .4-.5 cm is length
-embryo is .4 grams
-double heart chambers are visible
-heart is beating
-limb buds form
, Week 8 of fetal development - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔-
embryo is 3 cm long
-fetus is 2 g
-eyelids begin to fuse
-circulatory systems through umbilical cord is well established
-every organ system is present
Week 12 of fetal development - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔✔fetus is 6-9 cm in length
fetus is 19 g
face is well formed
limbs are long and slender
kidneys begin to form urine
spontaneous movements occur
heartbeat is detected by doppler transducer
sex is visually recognizable
week 16 of fetal development - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔✔fetus is 11.5 to 13.5 cm in length
fetus is 100 grams
active movement
answers
Where does the true pelvis lie? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔✔below the pelvic brim, and consists of the pelvic inlet,
midpelvis, and pelvic outlet
Where does the false pelvis lie? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔✔shallow portion above the pelvic brim and supports the
abdominal viscera
What type of pelvis is most favorable for successful labor and birth?
- ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔Gynecoid
What is diagonal conjugate? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔✔distance from the lower margin of the symphysis pubis to the
sacral promontory
what is the True conjugate or Conjugate vera? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED
ANSWER **✔✔distance from the upper margin of the symphysis
,pubis to the sacral promontory
what is the obstetric conjugate? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔✔smallest front-to-back distance through which the fetal head
must pass in moving through the pelvic inlet
what is the transverse diameter? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔✔largest of the pelvic inlet diameters; located at right angles to
the true conjugate
what is the posterior sagittal diameter? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED
ANSWER **✔✔distance from the point where the anteroposterior
and transverse diameters cross each other to the middle of the
sacral promontory
The first two weeks after conception is called the ____ period
- ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔pre embryonic
Beginning day 15 through approximately the eighth week after
conception is called the ____ period - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔✔embryonic
,Beginning at the ninth week after conception and ending with birth
is called the ___ period - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔fetal
Week 1 of fetal development - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔✔blastocyst is free floating
Weeks 2-3 of fetal development - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔-
embryo is 1.5-2 mm in length
-lung buds appear
-blood circulation begins
-heart is tubular and begins to beat
-neural plate becomes brain and spinal cord
Week 5 of fetal development - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔-
embryo is .4-.5 cm is length
-embryo is .4 grams
-double heart chambers are visible
-heart is beating
-limb buds form
, Week 8 of fetal development - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔-
embryo is 3 cm long
-fetus is 2 g
-eyelids begin to fuse
-circulatory systems through umbilical cord is well established
-every organ system is present
Week 12 of fetal development - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔✔fetus is 6-9 cm in length
fetus is 19 g
face is well formed
limbs are long and slender
kidneys begin to form urine
spontaneous movements occur
heartbeat is detected by doppler transducer
sex is visually recognizable
week 16 of fetal development - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔✔fetus is 11.5 to 13.5 cm in length
fetus is 100 grams
active movement
