CNUR 303 UPDATED Study Guide
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Gravida - CORRECT ANSWERS A person who is pregnant
Gravidity - CORRECT ANSWERS Pregnancy
Nulligravida - CORRECT ANSWERS A person who has never been
pregnant before
Primigravita - CORRECT ANSWERS first pregnancy
Multigravida - CORRECT ANSWERS A person who has had two or
more pregnancies
Parity - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS A person who has not completed a
pregnancy with a fetus beyond 20 weeks of gestation
Primipara - CORRECT ANSWERS A person who has completed one
pregnancy with a fetus that has reached 20 weeks of gestation
Multipara - CORRECT ANSWERS A person who has completed two or
more pregnancies to 20 weeks of gestation or more.
,Viability - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS A pregnancy between 20 and 36
weeks and 6 days.
Term - CORRECT ANSWERS A pregnancy from the beginning of week
37 to the end of week 40 plus 6 days.
Early term - CORRECT ANSWERS A pregnancy between 37 weeks and
38 weeks and six days
Full term - CORRECT ANSWERS A pregnancy between 39 weeks and
40 weeks and 6 days
Late term - CORRECT ANSWERS A pregnancy in the 41st week
Post term - CORRECT ANSWERS A pregnancy after 42 weeks.
GTPAL - CORRECT ANSWERS Gravida, term, preterm, abortions,
living children.
Categories of signs of pregnancy - CORRECT ANSWERS Presumptive
Probable
Positive
Internal os of the cervix - CORRECT ANSWERS
, Hegar sign - CORRECT ANSWERS Softening of the lower uterine
segment which occurs at 6 weeks gestation
Braxton hicks contractions - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 450-650
ml/min
Funic souffle - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS Softening of the cervical tip at
six weeks resulting from increased vascularity, slight hypertrophy, and
hyperplasia.
Hegar Sign - CORRECT ANSWERS Softening of cervix that is a sign
of pregnancy, occurring at 10 to 12 weeks' gestation
Quickening - CORRECT ANSWERS Term for the first movement or
recognition of fetal movement
Chadwick sign - CORRECT ANSWERS Deepened colouring of the
vaginal mucosa and cervix resulting from increased vascularity in the eighth
week of pregnancy.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Gravida - CORRECT ANSWERS A person who is pregnant
Gravidity - CORRECT ANSWERS Pregnancy
Nulligravida - CORRECT ANSWERS A person who has never been
pregnant before
Primigravita - CORRECT ANSWERS first pregnancy
Multigravida - CORRECT ANSWERS A person who has had two or
more pregnancies
Parity - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS A person who has not completed a
pregnancy with a fetus beyond 20 weeks of gestation
Primipara - CORRECT ANSWERS A person who has completed one
pregnancy with a fetus that has reached 20 weeks of gestation
Multipara - CORRECT ANSWERS A person who has completed two or
more pregnancies to 20 weeks of gestation or more.
,Viability - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS A pregnancy between 20 and 36
weeks and 6 days.
Term - CORRECT ANSWERS A pregnancy from the beginning of week
37 to the end of week 40 plus 6 days.
Early term - CORRECT ANSWERS A pregnancy between 37 weeks and
38 weeks and six days
Full term - CORRECT ANSWERS A pregnancy between 39 weeks and
40 weeks and 6 days
Late term - CORRECT ANSWERS A pregnancy in the 41st week
Post term - CORRECT ANSWERS A pregnancy after 42 weeks.
GTPAL - CORRECT ANSWERS Gravida, term, preterm, abortions,
living children.
Categories of signs of pregnancy - CORRECT ANSWERS Presumptive
Probable
Positive
Internal os of the cervix - CORRECT ANSWERS
, Hegar sign - CORRECT ANSWERS Softening of the lower uterine
segment which occurs at 6 weeks gestation
Braxton hicks contractions - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 450-650
ml/min
Funic souffle - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS Softening of the cervical tip at
six weeks resulting from increased vascularity, slight hypertrophy, and
hyperplasia.
Hegar Sign - CORRECT ANSWERS Softening of cervix that is a sign
of pregnancy, occurring at 10 to 12 weeks' gestation
Quickening - CORRECT ANSWERS Term for the first movement or
recognition of fetal movement
Chadwick sign - CORRECT ANSWERS Deepened colouring of the
vaginal mucosa and cervix resulting from increased vascularity in the eighth
week of pregnancy.
