Midwifery Exam Practice – Study Guide & Clinical Questions
Hypothyroidism - correct answer ✔✔A condition of a deficient thyroid
Tachypnea - correct answer ✔✔Fast breathing
Apnea - correct answer ✔✔not breathing
Antepartum - correct answer ✔✔before birth
Postpartum - correct answer ✔✔after birth
Intrapartum - correct answer ✔✔between birth
Dystocia - correct answer ✔✔Condition of a difficult/abnormal childbirth
Lymphoma - correct answer ✔✔lymphatic tumor
Bradycardia - correct answer ✔✔slow heart
Primigravida - correct answer ✔✔a women who is pregnant for the first time
Appendectomy - correct answer ✔✔surgical removal of the appendix
Hysterectomy - correct answer ✔✔surgical removal of the uterus
,Anesthesia - correct answer ✔✔without feeling
Multipara - correct answer ✔✔a woman that has had more than one offspring
Hypothermia - correct answer ✔✔low temperature
Perianal - correct answer ✔✔around the rectum
Sublingual - correct answer ✔✔pertaining to under the tongue
Dysuria - correct answer ✔✔condition of painful urination
Suprapubic - correct answer ✔✔above the pubis
Pelvimetry - correct answer ✔✔measurement of the pelvis
A fast heart rate - correct answer ✔✔tachycardia
A condition of decreased urine - correct answer ✔✔cystitis
Bladder inflammation - correct answer ✔✔Uritis
An inflamed vein caused by a clot - correct answer ✔✔thrombophlebitis
condition of having high blood sugar - correct answer ✔✔hyperglycemia
,Destruction of blood - correct answer ✔✔hemolysis
An abnormal condition of appearing blue - correct answer ✔✔cyanosis
excessive vomiting - correct answer ✔✔peremesis
Disease of the nerves - correct answer ✔✔neuropathy
Difficulty breathing - correct answer ✔✔dyspnea
A woman who has never given birth - correct answer ✔✔nulliparous
A woman who has given birth once - correct answer ✔✔primiparous
white blood cells - correct answer ✔✔leukocytes
A condition of having a lack of clotting cells (platelets) - correct answer ✔✔thrombopenia
Having too much water from the amnion - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔Gastroenterologist
Your mother is having her uterus surgically removed along with her ovaries. Removal of ovaries
is called - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer
✔✔salpingitis
A female patient has a special X-ray procedure of the breasts performed the X-ray image is
called a - correct answer ✔✔mammogram
Inflammation of the veins is termed - correct answer ✔✔phlebitis
The medical technician who draws blood from a vein for laboratory tests is called a - correct
answer ✔✔phlebotomist
A hemangioma means - correct answer ✔✔A tumor of blood vessels
Meningitis refers to - correct answer ✔✔inflammation of the membranes around the brain
A baby is born without a brain. The diagnosis would be - correct answer ✔✔anencephalic
Surgical removal of an inflamed gallbladder containing stones is termed - correct answer
✔✔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 - correct answer
✔✔amniocentesis
A newborn with meconium aspiration pneumonia often finds it difficult or painful to breath. The
term for this is - correct answer ✔✔dyspnea
Hypothyroidism - correct answer ✔✔A condition of a deficient thyroid
Tachypnea - correct answer ✔✔Fast breathing
Apnea - correct answer ✔✔not breathing
Antepartum - correct answer ✔✔before birth
Postpartum - correct answer ✔✔after birth
Intrapartum - correct answer ✔✔between birth
Dystocia - correct answer ✔✔Condition of a difficult/abnormal childbirth
Lymphoma - correct answer ✔✔lymphatic tumor
Bradycardia - correct answer ✔✔slow heart
Primigravida - correct answer ✔✔a women who is pregnant for the first time
Appendectomy - correct answer ✔✔surgical removal of the appendix
Hysterectomy - correct answer ✔✔surgical removal of the uterus
,Anesthesia - correct answer ✔✔without feeling
Multipara - correct answer ✔✔a woman that has had more than one offspring
Hypothermia - correct answer ✔✔low temperature
Perianal - correct answer ✔✔around the rectum
Sublingual - correct answer ✔✔pertaining to under the tongue
Dysuria - correct answer ✔✔condition of painful urination
Suprapubic - correct answer ✔✔above the pubis
Pelvimetry - correct answer ✔✔measurement of the pelvis
A fast heart rate - correct answer ✔✔tachycardia
A condition of decreased urine - correct answer ✔✔cystitis
Bladder inflammation - correct answer ✔✔Uritis
An inflamed vein caused by a clot - correct answer ✔✔thrombophlebitis
condition of having high blood sugar - correct answer ✔✔hyperglycemia
,Destruction of blood - correct answer ✔✔hemolysis
An abnormal condition of appearing blue - correct answer ✔✔cyanosis
excessive vomiting - correct answer ✔✔peremesis
Disease of the nerves - correct answer ✔✔neuropathy
Difficulty breathing - correct answer ✔✔dyspnea
A woman who has never given birth - correct answer ✔✔nulliparous
A woman who has given birth once - correct answer ✔✔primiparous
white blood cells - correct answer ✔✔leukocytes
A condition of having a lack of clotting cells (platelets) - correct answer ✔✔thrombopenia
Having too much water from the amnion - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔Gastroenterologist
Your mother is having her uterus surgically removed along with her ovaries. Removal of ovaries
is called - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer
✔✔salpingitis
A female patient has a special X-ray procedure of the breasts performed the X-ray image is
called a - correct answer ✔✔mammogram
Inflammation of the veins is termed - correct answer ✔✔phlebitis
The medical technician who draws blood from a vein for laboratory tests is called a - correct
answer ✔✔phlebotomist
A hemangioma means - correct answer ✔✔A tumor of blood vessels
Meningitis refers to - correct answer ✔✔inflammation of the membranes around the brain
A baby is born without a brain. The diagnosis would be - correct answer ✔✔anencephalic
Surgical removal of an inflamed gallbladder containing stones is termed - correct answer
✔✔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 - correct answer
✔✔amniocentesis
A newborn with meconium aspiration pneumonia often finds it difficult or painful to breath. The
term for this is - correct answer ✔✔dyspnea
