Maternity and Pediatrics EXAM 1 Study Guide

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