CNUR 303 Test Questions with 100% Correct
Solutions
Gravida
A person who is pregnant
Gravidity
Pregnancy
Nulligravida
A person who has never been pregnant before
Primigravita
first pregnancy
Multigravida
A person who has had two or more pregnancies
Parity
The number of pregnancies in which the fetus has reached 20 weeks of gestation, not the number
of fetuses born. This is not affected by whether the fetus was born alive or stillborn.
Nullipara
A person who has not completed a pregnancy with a fetus beyond 20 weeks of gestation
Primipara
A person who has completed one pregnancy with a fetus that has reached 20 weeks of gestation
,Multipara
A person who has completed two or more pregnancies to 20 weeks of gestation or more.
Viability
Capacity to live outside the uterus, there are no clear limits of gestational age or weight. This can
occur the earliest at 27 weeks.
Preterm
A pregnancy between 20 and 36 weeks and 6 days.
Term
A pregnancy from the beginning of week 37 to the end of week 40 plus 6 days.
Early term
A pregnancy between 37 weeks and 38 weeks and six days
Full term
A pregnancy between 39 weeks and 40 weeks and 6 days
Late term
A pregnancy in the 41st week
Post term
A pregnancy after 42 weeks.
GTPAL
Gravida, term, preterm, abortions, living children.
,Categories of signs of pregnancy
Presumptive
Probable
Positive
Internal os of the cervix
Hegar sign
Softening of the lower uterine segment which occurs at 6 weeks gestation
Braxton hicks contractions
Uterine contractions that are irregular and occur intermittently throughout pregnancy which
facilitate uterine blood flow through the intervillous spaces of the placenta and promote oxygen
delivery to the fetus.
Rate of blood flow through the uterus
450-650 ml/min
Funic souffle
Uterine souffle or bruit, a rushing or blowing sound of maternal blood flowing through the
uterine arteries to the placenta that is synchronous with the maternal pulse.
Goodell's sign
Softening of the cervical tip at six weeks resulting from increased vascularity, slight
hypertrophy, and hyperplasia.
Hegar Sign
, Softening of cervix that is a sign of pregnancy, occurring at 10 to 12 weeks' gestation
Quickening
Term for the first movement or recognition of fetal movement
Chadwick sign
Deepened colouring of the vaginal mucosa and cervix resulting from increased vascularity in the
eighth week of pregnancy.
Leukorrhea
White mucoid discharge with a faint musty odor which occurs in response to cervical stimulation
by estrogen and progesterone.
When it fills the endocervical canal it is termed the mucous plug.
Lordosis
Abnormal anterior curvature of the lumbar spine (sway-back condition)
Montgomery tubercles
Hypertrophy of the sebaceous glands embedded in the primary areolae around the nipples. These
function by secreting lubricating and anti-infective substances to help protect the nipples and
areola during breastfeeding.
Colostrum
A specialized form of milk that delivers essential nutrients and antibodies in a form that the
newborn can digest.
Ptyalism
Solutions
Gravida
A person who is pregnant
Gravidity
Pregnancy
Nulligravida
A person who has never been pregnant before
Primigravita
first pregnancy
Multigravida
A person who has had two or more pregnancies
Parity
The number of pregnancies in which the fetus has reached 20 weeks of gestation, not the number
of fetuses born. This is not affected by whether the fetus was born alive or stillborn.
Nullipara
A person who has not completed a pregnancy with a fetus beyond 20 weeks of gestation
Primipara
A person who has completed one pregnancy with a fetus that has reached 20 weeks of gestation
,Multipara
A person who has completed two or more pregnancies to 20 weeks of gestation or more.
Viability
Capacity to live outside the uterus, there are no clear limits of gestational age or weight. This can
occur the earliest at 27 weeks.
Preterm
A pregnancy between 20 and 36 weeks and 6 days.
Term
A pregnancy from the beginning of week 37 to the end of week 40 plus 6 days.
Early term
A pregnancy between 37 weeks and 38 weeks and six days
Full term
A pregnancy between 39 weeks and 40 weeks and 6 days
Late term
A pregnancy in the 41st week
Post term
A pregnancy after 42 weeks.
GTPAL
Gravida, term, preterm, abortions, living children.
,Categories of signs of pregnancy
Presumptive
Probable
Positive
Internal os of the cervix
Hegar sign
Softening of the lower uterine segment which occurs at 6 weeks gestation
Braxton hicks contractions
Uterine contractions that are irregular and occur intermittently throughout pregnancy which
facilitate uterine blood flow through the intervillous spaces of the placenta and promote oxygen
delivery to the fetus.
Rate of blood flow through the uterus
450-650 ml/min
Funic souffle
Uterine souffle or bruit, a rushing or blowing sound of maternal blood flowing through the
uterine arteries to the placenta that is synchronous with the maternal pulse.
Goodell's sign
Softening of the cervical tip at six weeks resulting from increased vascularity, slight
hypertrophy, and hyperplasia.
Hegar Sign
, Softening of cervix that is a sign of pregnancy, occurring at 10 to 12 weeks' gestation
Quickening
Term for the first movement or recognition of fetal movement
Chadwick sign
Deepened colouring of the vaginal mucosa and cervix resulting from increased vascularity in the
eighth week of pregnancy.
Leukorrhea
White mucoid discharge with a faint musty odor which occurs in response to cervical stimulation
by estrogen and progesterone.
When it fills the endocervical canal it is termed the mucous plug.
Lordosis
Abnormal anterior curvature of the lumbar spine (sway-back condition)
Montgomery tubercles
Hypertrophy of the sebaceous glands embedded in the primary areolae around the nipples. These
function by secreting lubricating and anti-infective substances to help protect the nipples and
areola during breastfeeding.
Colostrum
A specialized form of milk that delivers essential nutrients and antibodies in a form that the
newborn can digest.
Ptyalism
