GYN Final Comprehensive Exam with
Verified Questions and answers
1. Missed Abortion - Correct Answer The fetus is non- living and is retained in the
uterus for over 2 months
2. Incomplete Abortion - Correct Answer Only parts of the products of the
conception have aborted
3. Imminent Abortion - Correct Answer Patient is about to abort
4. Dystocia - Correct Answer Painful and difficult labor
5. Placenta Previa - Correct Answer Placenta is abnormally implanted in the lower
uterine segment and may completely cover the os cervix
6. Abruption placentae - Correct Answer Placenta is prematurely separated from
the wall of the uterus
7. Cephalopelvic Disproportion - Correct Answer The mothers pelvis is too small to
accommodate the head of the fetus
8. Breech - Correct Answer Buttocks are presented first
9. Transverse - Correct Answer Fetus is presented crosswise
10. Footling - Correct Answer Feet are presented first
11. Vertex - Correct Answer Upper back of the head is presented first
12. Metrorrhagia - Correct Answer Active bleeding at times other than during
menstruation
13. Amenorrhea - Correct Answer Absence of menstruation
14. Dysmenorrhea - Correct Answer Painful or difficult menstruation
15. Menometrorrhagia - Correct Answer Excessive bleeding that occurs both during
menstruation and at irregular intervals
,16. Menorrhagia - Correct Answer Excessive bleeding during menstruation
17. Gravida - Correct Answer Pregnant woman
18. Para - Correct Answer Past deliveries
19. Example: Gravida 3 Para 2 would mean 3rd pregnancy 2 deliveries. Gravida 3
Para 1 would mean 3rd pregnancy 1 full term delivery and either 1 miscarriage or
1 stillborn.
20. Primigravida/Primipara - Correct Answer Used interchangeably for first
pregnancy
21. Precipitous Delivery - Correct Answer Delivery that occur suddenly and without
warning or preparation
22. Episiotomy - Correct Answer Incision made in the perineum to enlarge vaginal
opening
23. Schultz's Presentation - Correct Answer When delivery of placenta is presented
shiny side out
24. Duncan Presentation - Correct Answer When delivery of placenta is presented
dull side out
25. Ovaries - Correct Answer Two oval shaped glands lying near the pelvic brim
connected to the uterus by ovarian ligament, secured to lateral walls of the pelvis
by suspensory ligaments, produce sex hormones and eggs.
A) Active from puberty until menopause
B) Extrude one egg per month during active years alternating ovaries
C) Follicles
D) Gratian follicle
E) Corpus Latium
26. Follicles - Correct Answer Sacs in the ovary with varying stages of developing
eggs
27. Gratian follicle - Correct Answer Mature follicle
, 28. Corpus Latium - Correct Answer The ruptured follicle becomes this gland like
structure after the egg is released ( ovulation)
29. Estrogen - Correct Answer Responsible for female sex characteristics;
produced by follicles
30. Progesterone - Correct Answer Prepares the uterine lining for pregnancy and
maintains pregnancy; produced by the Corpus Latium
31. Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) - Correct Answer Produced by the
placenta to maintain the Corpus Latium. Present in the urine during pregnancy.
Common pregnancy test.
32. Oxytocin - Correct Answer From posterior pituitary, contrasts the uterus.
33. Prolactin - Correct Answer From anterior pituitary; stimulates the production of
milk after childbirth.
34. Fallopian tubes - Correct Answer 2 Oviducts that extend from the Uterus to
Ovaries
35. How does the Ova move through the tubes? - Correct Answer peristaltic waves
in the muscular wall
36. Infundibulum - Correct Answer Funnel shaped distal opening
37. Fimbriae - Correct Answer Finger- like projections that sweep over the ovary to
catch the egg and direct it into the tube
38. Area of fertilization - Correct Answer Sperm meet the egg usually at distal third
of tube
39. Function of fallopian tubes - Correct Answer To transport eggs and or fertilized
egg to the uterus
40. Uterus - Correct Answer Thick walled pear shaped organ capable of
tremendous expansion
41. Made up of 3 layers:
1) endometrium
2) myometrium
3) epineurium
42. Endometrium
Verified Questions and answers
1. Missed Abortion - Correct Answer The fetus is non- living and is retained in the
uterus for over 2 months
2. Incomplete Abortion - Correct Answer Only parts of the products of the
conception have aborted
3. Imminent Abortion - Correct Answer Patient is about to abort
4. Dystocia - Correct Answer Painful and difficult labor
5. Placenta Previa - Correct Answer Placenta is abnormally implanted in the lower
uterine segment and may completely cover the os cervix
6. Abruption placentae - Correct Answer Placenta is prematurely separated from
the wall of the uterus
7. Cephalopelvic Disproportion - Correct Answer The mothers pelvis is too small to
accommodate the head of the fetus
8. Breech - Correct Answer Buttocks are presented first
9. Transverse - Correct Answer Fetus is presented crosswise
10. Footling - Correct Answer Feet are presented first
11. Vertex - Correct Answer Upper back of the head is presented first
12. Metrorrhagia - Correct Answer Active bleeding at times other than during
menstruation
13. Amenorrhea - Correct Answer Absence of menstruation
14. Dysmenorrhea - Correct Answer Painful or difficult menstruation
15. Menometrorrhagia - Correct Answer Excessive bleeding that occurs both during
menstruation and at irregular intervals
,16. Menorrhagia - Correct Answer Excessive bleeding during menstruation
17. Gravida - Correct Answer Pregnant woman
18. Para - Correct Answer Past deliveries
19. Example: Gravida 3 Para 2 would mean 3rd pregnancy 2 deliveries. Gravida 3
Para 1 would mean 3rd pregnancy 1 full term delivery and either 1 miscarriage or
1 stillborn.
20. Primigravida/Primipara - Correct Answer Used interchangeably for first
pregnancy
21. Precipitous Delivery - Correct Answer Delivery that occur suddenly and without
warning or preparation
22. Episiotomy - Correct Answer Incision made in the perineum to enlarge vaginal
opening
23. Schultz's Presentation - Correct Answer When delivery of placenta is presented
shiny side out
24. Duncan Presentation - Correct Answer When delivery of placenta is presented
dull side out
25. Ovaries - Correct Answer Two oval shaped glands lying near the pelvic brim
connected to the uterus by ovarian ligament, secured to lateral walls of the pelvis
by suspensory ligaments, produce sex hormones and eggs.
A) Active from puberty until menopause
B) Extrude one egg per month during active years alternating ovaries
C) Follicles
D) Gratian follicle
E) Corpus Latium
26. Follicles - Correct Answer Sacs in the ovary with varying stages of developing
eggs
27. Gratian follicle - Correct Answer Mature follicle
, 28. Corpus Latium - Correct Answer The ruptured follicle becomes this gland like
structure after the egg is released ( ovulation)
29. Estrogen - Correct Answer Responsible for female sex characteristics;
produced by follicles
30. Progesterone - Correct Answer Prepares the uterine lining for pregnancy and
maintains pregnancy; produced by the Corpus Latium
31. Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) - Correct Answer Produced by the
placenta to maintain the Corpus Latium. Present in the urine during pregnancy.
Common pregnancy test.
32. Oxytocin - Correct Answer From posterior pituitary, contrasts the uterus.
33. Prolactin - Correct Answer From anterior pituitary; stimulates the production of
milk after childbirth.
34. Fallopian tubes - Correct Answer 2 Oviducts that extend from the Uterus to
Ovaries
35. How does the Ova move through the tubes? - Correct Answer peristaltic waves
in the muscular wall
36. Infundibulum - Correct Answer Funnel shaped distal opening
37. Fimbriae - Correct Answer Finger- like projections that sweep over the ovary to
catch the egg and direct it into the tube
38. Area of fertilization - Correct Answer Sperm meet the egg usually at distal third
of tube
39. Function of fallopian tubes - Correct Answer To transport eggs and or fertilized
egg to the uterus
40. Uterus - Correct Answer Thick walled pear shaped organ capable of
tremendous expansion
41. Made up of 3 layers:
1) endometrium
2) myometrium
3) epineurium
42. Endometrium
