NFDN 2004 Midterm (Units 1-4) questions with
accurate answers
12th week milestones Ans✓✓✓ -Nails appearing, head erect but
disproportionally larger than the other parts of the body
-Skin is pink and delicate
-Intestine have withdrawn from the umbilical cord and assume
characteristic position, protruding from the abdomen
-Blood is forming in marrow
-Kidney is able to secrete urine
-Brain structural configuration is almost complete
-Earliest taste buds are formed
16th week milestones Ans✓✓✓ -Urine is present in the amniotic fluid
´Arm/leg ration is now proportionate
-Meconium is in the bowel
-Anus is open
-Heart muscle is well developed
-11.5 - 13.5 cm in length
-weighs 100 g
-Sex can be determined by Ultrasound, depending on how the fetus is
sitting
1st trimester Ans✓✓✓ 1-13 weeks
,20th week milestones Ans✓✓✓ -Vernix caseosa and lanugo appear.
-Legs lengthen considerably
-Ascending colon is now recognizable
-Sternum Ossifies
-Primitive respiratory like movements begin
-The brain is grossly formed and cord myelination occurs
-Brown fat begins to form and will aid in temperature regulation at birth.
24th week milestones Ans✓✓✓ -Active production of surfactant has
begun
-Fetus "practices" breathing by inhaling amniotic fluid into it's lungs
-Body is lean, but fairly well proportioned
-Blood formation increases in bone marrow and decreases in the liver
-Is able to hear sounds
-23 cm in length
-Weighs 600 g
2nd trimester Ans✓✓✓ 14-26 weeks
3 descriptions of contractions Ans✓✓✓ frequency, duration, and
intensity
3 phases of first stage labor Ans✓✓✓ early/Latent, Active and
Transition
,32nd week milestones Ans✓✓✓ -Subcutaneous fat is beginning to
collect, more rounded appearance
´Begins to move into the birth position
-Sense of taste present, aware of sounds
-Testes are descending into the scrotum
-Weighs1800 - 2100g
-Is approx. 31 cm in length
38-40th week milestones Ans✓✓✓ -Now 7-8lbs
-At birth the cord will slowly stop pulsating
´Placenta will detach from the inside of the uterus
-The baby's breathing will trigger changes in the structure of the heart &
will bypass arteries which will force all blood to now travel through the
lungs.
3rd trimester Ans✓✓✓ 27-40 weeks
4 p's of normal birth Ans✓✓✓ the passenger, the passageway, the
powers, the psyche and position of mother
4th week milestones Ans✓✓✓ -Heart develops, double chamber are
visible and begins to beat
-Primary lung buds appear
, -Rudimentary ureteral buds appear
-Genital ridge appears (5th week)
-0.4 - 0.5 cm crown to rump
-Weighs 0.4 g
8th week milestones Ans✓✓✓ -Body is fairly well formed: nose flat,
eyes far apart, digits well formed, eyes, ears, nose and mouth are now
recognizable.
-2.5 - 3 cm size
-Weighs 2 g
-First indication of ossification
-Spinal Cord extends along entire length of spine
-Testes and ovaries are distinguishable, however the external structures
remain sexless (they are however beginning to differentiate)
-Intestinal villi are developing, small intestines coil within the umbilical
cord.
-Organs are formed
acceptance of being parents Ans✓✓✓ 3rd trimester, these
psychological tasks of pregnancy incorporate the maternal adaptation
that we see in women.
acceptance of pregnancy Ans✓✓✓ 1st trimester.
-Accepts the idea of pregnancy
-If unplanned can feel dismayed
accurate answers
12th week milestones Ans✓✓✓ -Nails appearing, head erect but
disproportionally larger than the other parts of the body
-Skin is pink and delicate
-Intestine have withdrawn from the umbilical cord and assume
characteristic position, protruding from the abdomen
-Blood is forming in marrow
-Kidney is able to secrete urine
-Brain structural configuration is almost complete
-Earliest taste buds are formed
16th week milestones Ans✓✓✓ -Urine is present in the amniotic fluid
´Arm/leg ration is now proportionate
-Meconium is in the bowel
-Anus is open
-Heart muscle is well developed
-11.5 - 13.5 cm in length
-weighs 100 g
-Sex can be determined by Ultrasound, depending on how the fetus is
sitting
1st trimester Ans✓✓✓ 1-13 weeks
,20th week milestones Ans✓✓✓ -Vernix caseosa and lanugo appear.
-Legs lengthen considerably
-Ascending colon is now recognizable
-Sternum Ossifies
-Primitive respiratory like movements begin
-The brain is grossly formed and cord myelination occurs
-Brown fat begins to form and will aid in temperature regulation at birth.
24th week milestones Ans✓✓✓ -Active production of surfactant has
begun
-Fetus "practices" breathing by inhaling amniotic fluid into it's lungs
-Body is lean, but fairly well proportioned
-Blood formation increases in bone marrow and decreases in the liver
-Is able to hear sounds
-23 cm in length
-Weighs 600 g
2nd trimester Ans✓✓✓ 14-26 weeks
3 descriptions of contractions Ans✓✓✓ frequency, duration, and
intensity
3 phases of first stage labor Ans✓✓✓ early/Latent, Active and
Transition
,32nd week milestones Ans✓✓✓ -Subcutaneous fat is beginning to
collect, more rounded appearance
´Begins to move into the birth position
-Sense of taste present, aware of sounds
-Testes are descending into the scrotum
-Weighs1800 - 2100g
-Is approx. 31 cm in length
38-40th week milestones Ans✓✓✓ -Now 7-8lbs
-At birth the cord will slowly stop pulsating
´Placenta will detach from the inside of the uterus
-The baby's breathing will trigger changes in the structure of the heart &
will bypass arteries which will force all blood to now travel through the
lungs.
3rd trimester Ans✓✓✓ 27-40 weeks
4 p's of normal birth Ans✓✓✓ the passenger, the passageway, the
powers, the psyche and position of mother
4th week milestones Ans✓✓✓ -Heart develops, double chamber are
visible and begins to beat
-Primary lung buds appear
, -Rudimentary ureteral buds appear
-Genital ridge appears (5th week)
-0.4 - 0.5 cm crown to rump
-Weighs 0.4 g
8th week milestones Ans✓✓✓ -Body is fairly well formed: nose flat,
eyes far apart, digits well formed, eyes, ears, nose and mouth are now
recognizable.
-2.5 - 3 cm size
-Weighs 2 g
-First indication of ossification
-Spinal Cord extends along entire length of spine
-Testes and ovaries are distinguishable, however the external structures
remain sexless (they are however beginning to differentiate)
-Intestinal villi are developing, small intestines coil within the umbilical
cord.
-Organs are formed
acceptance of being parents Ans✓✓✓ 3rd trimester, these
psychological tasks of pregnancy incorporate the maternal adaptation
that we see in women.
acceptance of pregnancy Ans✓✓✓ 1st trimester.
-Accepts the idea of pregnancy
-If unplanned can feel dismayed
