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