NUR 1510 OB Unit Two questions with correct answers

NUR 1510 OB Unit Two questions with
correct answers


What are the 3 structures which support the pregnancy?
- ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔1. Placenta
2. Amniotic Fluid
3. Fetal Circulation


Which side of the Placenta Faces the Baby? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED
ANSWER **✔✔The side with the smooth, bluish-opaque color


What does the Placenta provide to the developing fetus?
- ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔1. Nutrients from the Mother
2. Oxygen/Gas Exchange
3. Immunoglobulin Transfer
4. Progesterone and Estrogen hormones to maintain the pregnancy


Where is the Placenta ideally located? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔✔In the upper posterior portion of the uterus






,When does most of the Immunoglobulin Transfer from the
Placenta occur? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔Towards the
end of the pregnancy.


True or False: Estrogen and Progesterone are the ONLY hormones
that the Placenta produces. - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔✔False


True or False: Estrogen and Progesterone are the main hormones
produced by the placenta - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔True


What is the weight of the Placenta at Term? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED
ANSWER **✔✔400 to 600 grams


What are the 3 functions of the placenta? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED
ANSWER **✔✔1. Metabolic
2. Endocrine
3. Transfer


Which side of the placenta faces the mother? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED
ANSWER **✔✔The rough side where it attaches to the uterus






,What is the metabolic function of the placenta? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED
ANSWER **✔✔Provides EXCHANGE of nutrients and waste
products.


What is the Endocrine function of the placenta? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED
ANSWER **✔✔Produces HORMONES to maintain pregnancy.


What is the Transfer function of the placena? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED
ANSWER **✔✔Transfers MATERNAL IMMUNOGLOBULINS
which provide passive immunity to certain disease.


What is the role of the Amniotic Fluid? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED
ANSWER **✔✔1. Provides cushioning for the baby (buoyancy to
prevent compression and allow for development of the fetus)


What are the the two membranes of the amniotic sac?
- ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔1. The amnion
2. The chorion


What is the inner membrane of the amniotic sac?






, - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔The amnion


What is the outer membrane of the amniotic sac?
- ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔The chorion


What is the volume of the amniotic fluid at 40 weeks, ideally?
- ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔700 to 800 mL


What is Oligohydramnios? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔A
small quantity of amniotic fluid, less than 50% of what is expected,
or about 400mL at term.


What failure of development in the fetus does oligohydramnios
indicate? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔kidney development


What sort of blockage does oligohydramnios indicate?
- ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔Urinary excretion


What are the two components of amniotic fluid? - ...,.🔹VERIFIED
ANSWER **✔✔1. Fetal urine
2. Fluid transferred from the mother