CEFM Exam Questions and Answers 2025–2026 | Graded A+ Study Guide

CEFM WITH QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+


nervous system that decreases FHR - ANSWER✔✔✨---parasympathetic



nervous system that increases FHR - ANSWER✔✔✨---sympathetic



fetal baroreceptors - ANSWER✔✔✨---send signals to midbrain for vagal stimulation causing abrupt
FHR variable decels



fetal chemoreceptors - ANSWER✔✔✨---slows FHR causing late decels, variable r/t cord compression
with hypoxemia, and prolonged r/t hypoxemia



fetal norepinephrine and epinephrine - ANSWER✔✔✨---in response to stress FHR increases and
shunts blood to vital organs (brain, heart, adrenal glands)



fetal reninangiotensin system - ANSWER✔✔✨---regulates normal fetal circulation, umbilical
placental blood flow



fetal prostaglandins - ANSWER✔✔✨---maintains patency of fetal ductus artriosus, regulation of
umbilical blood flow



fetal quiet sleep - ANSWER✔✔✨---normal baseline, minimal variability, accelerations absent. non-
reactive NST but responds to external stimuli



fetal active rem sleep - ANSWER✔✔✨---normal baseline, moderate variability, accelerations
present.