Midwifery Questions and correct answers complete solution

Definition of a midwife - ANSWER-A person who has successfully completed a midwifery education programme that is duly recognized in the country where it is located; who has acquired the requisite qualifications to be registered and/or legally licensed to practice midwifery and use the title 'midwife'; and who demonstrates competency in the practice of midwifery Brady prefix - ANSWER-Slow Dys prefix - ANSWER-Difficulty, abnormal Articul root - ANSWER-Joint Aur root - ANSWER-Ear Cerv root - ANSWER-Neck Chole root - ANSWER-Gallbladder/bile -aemia suffix - ANSWER-Blood -ectomy suffix - ANSWER-Removal -graph suffix - ANSWER-Instrument for recording -icle suffix - ANSWER-Small -megaly suffix - ANSWER-Enlargement -plasty suffix - ANSWER-Formation/repair -scope - ANSWER-Instrument for viewing -tomy suffix - ANSWER-Incision, to cut into Abduction - ANSWER-To take away from the midline Adduction - ANSWER-To bring towards the midline Primigravida - ANSWER-A woman who is pregnant for the first time Multigravida - ANSWER-A women during her second or subsequent pregnacy Parity - ANSWER-The number of infants a woman has given birth to; includes miscarriages Primiparous - ANSWER-A women who has given birth to one child Multiparous - ANSWER-A women who has given birth to more than one child Abortion - ANSWER-The termination of pregnancy before the 24th gestational week Miscarriage - ANSWER-Spontaneous miscarriage is defined as the involuntary loss of the products of conception prior to the 24 weeks of gestation Labour - ANSWER-The process by which the fetus, placenta and membranes are expelled from the birth canal Midwifery Questions and correct answers complete solution