Assessment
% of people w/ disease who have a condition & test POSITIVE
(TRUE POSITIVE) - answers✔✔What is sensitivity?
% of pt W/O disease who test negative
(TRUE NEGATIVE) - answers✔✔What is specificity?
intrauterine cavity - answers✔✔The cervix connects ______________ with the vagina.
Exocervix (ectocervix) - answers✔✔What is the lower part of the cervix called that is visible
during a specular vaginal exam?
external os - answers✔✔The opening visible on the exocervix is called the _______.
squamocolumnar junction (transformation zone) - answers✔✔Epithelial cells of the exocervix &
cervical canal meet at the __________.
endocervix - answers✔✔The area within the cervix containing cervical canal is called ________.
,abnormal cells
**NOT CANCER** - answers✔✔A pap smear tests for ____________.
low or high grade squamous intraepithelial lesions grade 1, 2, 3 - answers✔✔common findings
on a pap smear report are
transformation zone - answers✔✔When collecting a pap smear, obtain samples from the
____________.
21
65 - answers✔✔Start cervical cancer screenings at ages _________ & continue until ______.
q3yr
q5yr
no pap if no changes & 3 neg tests in a row (with most recent within 5 yrs) -
answers✔✔Frequency of cervical cancer screenings
21 - 29
30 - 65
>65
, HPV - answers✔✔Cervical cancer is usually VIRAL in origin from __________.
15 - answers✔✔How many types of HPV are associated with cancer?
16 & 18 - answers✔✔HPV types ____ & _____ are linked to 70% of cervical cancer.
pink & even
2.5cm
1-3cm - answers✔✔Cervical cancer screening exam
color =
size =
projects _____cm into vagina
changes - answers✔✔The squamocolumnar junction location does what w/ age _________-
ayre's spatula - answers✔✔pap collection of the ectocervix is done 1st with a _________
cytobrush or broom - answers✔✔pap collection of the endocervix is done 2nd with a
_________ or _______.
after pap & speculum - answers✔✔When is a bimanual exam performed?
vagina, cervix, uterus, pelvic floor - answers✔✔the bimanual exam examines the ______,
______, _____, ______.