Midwifery Exam Practice Questions and
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Hypothyroidism - ✔✔A condition of a deficient thyroid
Tachypnea - ✔✔Fast breathing
Apnea - ✔✔not breathing
Antepartum - ✔✔before birth
Postpartum - ✔✔after birth
Intrapartum - ✔✔between birth
Dystocia - ✔✔Condition of a difficult/abnormal childbirth
Lymphoma - ✔✔lymphatic tumor
Bradycardia - ✔✔slow heart
Primigravida - ✔✔a women who is pregnant for the first time
Appendectomy - ✔✔surgical removal of the appendix
Hysterectomy - ✔✔surgical removal of the uterus
Anesthesia - ✔✔without feeling
Multipara - ✔✔a woman that has had more than one offspring
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,Hypothermia - ✔✔low temperature
Perianal - ✔✔around the rectum
Sublingual - ✔✔pertaining to under the tongue
Dysuria - ✔✔condition of painful urination
Suprapubic - ✔✔above the pubis
Pelvimetry - ✔✔measurement of the pelvis
A fast heart rate - ✔✔tachycardia
A condition of decreased urine - ✔✔cystitis
Bladder inflammation - ✔✔Uritis
An inflamed vein caused by a clot - ✔✔thrombophlebitis
condition of having high blood sugar - ✔✔hyperglycemia
Destruction of blood - ✔✔hemolysis
An abnormal condition of appearing blue - ✔✔cyanosis
excessive vomiting - ✔✔peremesis
Disease of the nerves - ✔✔neuropathy
Difficulty breathing - ✔✔dyspnea
A woman who has never given birth - ✔✔nulliparous
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,A woman who has given birth once - ✔✔primiparous
white blood cells - ✔✔leukocytes
A condition of having a lack of clotting cells (platelets) - ✔✔thrombopenia
Having too much water from the amnion - ✔✔polyhydramnios
You have been having chronic pains in your upper abdomen and your
physician refers you to a specialist in diseases of the digestive tract called
a - ✔✔Gastroenterologist
Your mother is having her uterus surgically removed along with her ovaries.
Removal of ovaries is called - ✔✔hysterectomy
A woman has become sterile due to chronic inflammation of her uterine
tubes from frequent infection with sexually transmitted diseases. This tubal
inflammation is called - ✔✔salpingitis
A female patient has a special X-ray procedure of the breasts performed
the X-ray image is called a - ✔✔mammogram
Inflammation of the veins is termed - ✔✔phlebitis
The medical technician who draws blood from a vein for laboratory tests is
called a - ✔✔phlebotomist
A hemangioma means - ✔✔A tumor of blood vessels
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, Meningitis refers to - ✔✔inflammation of the membranes around the brain
A baby is born without a brain. The diagnosis would be - ✔✔anencephalic
Surgical removal of an inflamed gallbladder containing stones is termed -
✔✔cholecystectomy
A gravid woman is having genetic testing done. The physician will puncture
the uterus to withdraw amniotic fluid to be used for testing. This procedure
is called - ✔✔amniocentesis
A newborn with meconium aspiration pneumonia often finds it difficult or
painful to breath. The term for this is - ✔✔dyspnea
Pregnant women frequently complain of the need to urinate frequently
during the night. The term for this is - ✔✔nocturia
A lab report comes back to documenting numerous erythrocytes in the
urine specimen. The term for this is - ✔✔hematuria
Oligomenorrhea refers to - ✔✔scanty, less than normal menstrual flow
Total arrest and cessation of breathing is termed - ✔✔apnea
Orchiditis is the term for inflammation of a/an - ✔✔testis
Which term defines painful joints? - ✔✔Arthritis
Surgical suturing of a uterine tube is termed - ✔✔salpingorrhaphy
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Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+
Hypothyroidism - ✔✔A condition of a deficient thyroid
Tachypnea - ✔✔Fast breathing
Apnea - ✔✔not breathing
Antepartum - ✔✔before birth
Postpartum - ✔✔after birth
Intrapartum - ✔✔between birth
Dystocia - ✔✔Condition of a difficult/abnormal childbirth
Lymphoma - ✔✔lymphatic tumor
Bradycardia - ✔✔slow heart
Primigravida - ✔✔a women who is pregnant for the first time
Appendectomy - ✔✔surgical removal of the appendix
Hysterectomy - ✔✔surgical removal of the uterus
Anesthesia - ✔✔without feeling
Multipara - ✔✔a woman that has had more than one offspring
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,Hypothermia - ✔✔low temperature
Perianal - ✔✔around the rectum
Sublingual - ✔✔pertaining to under the tongue
Dysuria - ✔✔condition of painful urination
Suprapubic - ✔✔above the pubis
Pelvimetry - ✔✔measurement of the pelvis
A fast heart rate - ✔✔tachycardia
A condition of decreased urine - ✔✔cystitis
Bladder inflammation - ✔✔Uritis
An inflamed vein caused by a clot - ✔✔thrombophlebitis
condition of having high blood sugar - ✔✔hyperglycemia
Destruction of blood - ✔✔hemolysis
An abnormal condition of appearing blue - ✔✔cyanosis
excessive vomiting - ✔✔peremesis
Disease of the nerves - ✔✔neuropathy
Difficulty breathing - ✔✔dyspnea
A woman who has never given birth - ✔✔nulliparous
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,A woman who has given birth once - ✔✔primiparous
white blood cells - ✔✔leukocytes
A condition of having a lack of clotting cells (platelets) - ✔✔thrombopenia
Having too much water from the amnion - ✔✔polyhydramnios
You have been having chronic pains in your upper abdomen and your
physician refers you to a specialist in diseases of the digestive tract called
a - ✔✔Gastroenterologist
Your mother is having her uterus surgically removed along with her ovaries.
Removal of ovaries is called - ✔✔hysterectomy
A woman has become sterile due to chronic inflammation of her uterine
tubes from frequent infection with sexually transmitted diseases. This tubal
inflammation is called - ✔✔salpingitis
A female patient has a special X-ray procedure of the breasts performed
the X-ray image is called a - ✔✔mammogram
Inflammation of the veins is termed - ✔✔phlebitis
The medical technician who draws blood from a vein for laboratory tests is
called a - ✔✔phlebotomist
A hemangioma means - ✔✔A tumor of blood vessels
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, Meningitis refers to - ✔✔inflammation of the membranes around the brain
A baby is born without a brain. The diagnosis would be - ✔✔anencephalic
Surgical removal of an inflamed gallbladder containing stones is termed -
✔✔cholecystectomy
A gravid woman is having genetic testing done. The physician will puncture
the uterus to withdraw amniotic fluid to be used for testing. This procedure
is called - ✔✔amniocentesis
A newborn with meconium aspiration pneumonia often finds it difficult or
painful to breath. The term for this is - ✔✔dyspnea
Pregnant women frequently complain of the need to urinate frequently
during the night. The term for this is - ✔✔nocturia
A lab report comes back to documenting numerous erythrocytes in the
urine specimen. The term for this is - ✔✔hematuria
Oligomenorrhea refers to - ✔✔scanty, less than normal menstrual flow
Total arrest and cessation of breathing is termed - ✔✔apnea
Orchiditis is the term for inflammation of a/an - ✔✔testis
Which term defines painful joints? - ✔✔Arthritis
Surgical suturing of a uterine tube is termed - ✔✔salpingorrhaphy
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