68W EMT FINAL PAPER FULL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS VERIFIED
●● What is the birth canal known as?
Answer: Vagina
●● What is the vagina made up of?
Answer: smooth muscle
●● The passageway for menstrual waste products leaving the uterus at
the conclusion of the menstrual cycle is known as what?
Answer: The vagina
●● Small, round organs that are located on either side of most women's
lower abdominal quadrants. These organs are responsible for producing
ova(eggs) for conception.
Answer: Ovaries
●● The narrow tube that connects the ovary to the uterus. Also called the
oviduct, this is known as what?
Answer: Fallopian tubes
●● Each ovary is connected to the uterus by a what?
,Answer: Fallopian tube
●● Muscular, hollow organ located along the midline in most women's
lower abdominal quadrants. This organ is the intended site for the
fertilized egg to implant and develop into a fetus.
Answer: Uterus
●● Uterus is also known as what?
Answer: The womb
●● The fundus, or top of the uterus can be found as high as the what in a
late-term pregnant woman?
Answer: Xiphoid process
●● The neck of the uterus at the entrance to the birth canal is known as
what?
Answer: Cervix
●● After a woman reaches the age of puberty, approximately every 28
days her uterus goes through a series of changes to prepare for what?
Answer: The potential implantation of a fertilized egg.
●● What two hormones stimulate these events?
,Answer: estrogen and progesterone
●● The phase of the female reproductive cycle in which an ovum is
released from the ovary is known as what?
Answer: ovulation
●● Waves of muscular contractions is known as what?
Answer: peristalsis
●● Where does fertilization typically occur?
Answer: In the fallopian tubes
●● Without fertilization, the thickened inner walls of the uterus begin to
slough off and are expelled through the vagina. This process is called
what?
Note: usually characterized by vaginal bleeding for roughly 3-5 days
Answer: Menstruation
●● What may happen if the woman has sexual intercourse in the period
immediately following ovulation and sperm reaches the ova?
Answer: Fertilization may occur
, ●● The baby from fertilization to 8 weeks of development is known as
what?
Answer: Embryo
●● During what stage does the "baby" attempt to implant in the lining of
the uterus and develop basic connections between itself and the mother?
Answer: During the embryonic stage
●● When does the fetal stage begin?
Answer: At 8 weeks of development
●● About how long does the typical pregnancy last?
Answer: 40 weeks
●● The baby from 8 weeks of development until birth is known as what?
Answer: Fetus
●● The organ of pregnancy where exchange of oxygen, nutrients, and
wastes occurs between a mother and fetus
Answer: Placenta
●● The fetal structure containing the blood vessels that carry blood to
and from the placenta
AND CORRECT ANSWERS VERIFIED
●● What is the birth canal known as?
Answer: Vagina
●● What is the vagina made up of?
Answer: smooth muscle
●● The passageway for menstrual waste products leaving the uterus at
the conclusion of the menstrual cycle is known as what?
Answer: The vagina
●● Small, round organs that are located on either side of most women's
lower abdominal quadrants. These organs are responsible for producing
ova(eggs) for conception.
Answer: Ovaries
●● The narrow tube that connects the ovary to the uterus. Also called the
oviduct, this is known as what?
Answer: Fallopian tubes
●● Each ovary is connected to the uterus by a what?
,Answer: Fallopian tube
●● Muscular, hollow organ located along the midline in most women's
lower abdominal quadrants. This organ is the intended site for the
fertilized egg to implant and develop into a fetus.
Answer: Uterus
●● Uterus is also known as what?
Answer: The womb
●● The fundus, or top of the uterus can be found as high as the what in a
late-term pregnant woman?
Answer: Xiphoid process
●● The neck of the uterus at the entrance to the birth canal is known as
what?
Answer: Cervix
●● After a woman reaches the age of puberty, approximately every 28
days her uterus goes through a series of changes to prepare for what?
Answer: The potential implantation of a fertilized egg.
●● What two hormones stimulate these events?
,Answer: estrogen and progesterone
●● The phase of the female reproductive cycle in which an ovum is
released from the ovary is known as what?
Answer: ovulation
●● Waves of muscular contractions is known as what?
Answer: peristalsis
●● Where does fertilization typically occur?
Answer: In the fallopian tubes
●● Without fertilization, the thickened inner walls of the uterus begin to
slough off and are expelled through the vagina. This process is called
what?
Note: usually characterized by vaginal bleeding for roughly 3-5 days
Answer: Menstruation
●● What may happen if the woman has sexual intercourse in the period
immediately following ovulation and sperm reaches the ova?
Answer: Fertilization may occur
, ●● The baby from fertilization to 8 weeks of development is known as
what?
Answer: Embryo
●● During what stage does the "baby" attempt to implant in the lining of
the uterus and develop basic connections between itself and the mother?
Answer: During the embryonic stage
●● When does the fetal stage begin?
Answer: At 8 weeks of development
●● About how long does the typical pregnancy last?
Answer: 40 weeks
●● The baby from 8 weeks of development until birth is known as what?
Answer: Fetus
●● The organ of pregnancy where exchange of oxygen, nutrients, and
wastes occurs between a mother and fetus
Answer: Placenta
●● The fetal structure containing the blood vessels that carry blood to
and from the placenta
