Introduction to Obstetrics and Gynecology
Exam with Verified Answers
Gravida "G" - Correct Answer A women who is or has been pregnant
May include:
- Live birth
- Premature birth (less than 37 weeks)
- Miscarriage
- Abortion
Para "P" - Correct Answer A term to summarize pregnancy histories
Includes:
- Full term births
- Premature Births
- Abortions/Miscarriages
- Living/surviving children
G4P111 - Correct Answer Currently pregnancy with her fourth pregnancy
- She had
- One full term
- One premature delivery which did not survive
- One abortion or miscarriage
- Has one living child
Birth - Correct Answer Expulsion of extraction of a fetus >24 weeks gestation or >500
gems from a mother
Term - Correct Answer 37 completed week’s gestation until 42 completed weeks
Preterm/premature
Post -term - Correct Answer Preterm or premature- prior to 37 completed weeks
Post-term- after 42 weeks completed
Still birth
Neonatal - Correct Answer Still birth- no signs of life at or after birth
Neonatal- pertaining to 1st 29 days after birth
Perinatal
, Infant - Correct Answer Perinatal- 28 weeks to end of neonatal period
Infant- 1st year of life
Abortion
Infertility - Correct Answer Abortion- termination of pregnancy prior to age of fetal
viability (24 weeks or 500 grams)
Infertility- Failure to conceive for 1 year with sufficiently frequent sexual encounters
Puberty
Menarche - Correct Answer Puberty- when reproduction becomes possible- when
endocrine and gametogenesis function of the gonads first develop to the point
reproduction is possible
Menace- age at 1st menses
LMP
LNMP - Correct Answer LMP- last menstrual period
LNMP- Last normal menstrual period
Catania
Postcoital bleeding - Correct Answer Catania- triad of menarche/cycle/duration of
menses
Postcoital bleeding- during or immediately after coitus (sexual intercourse)
Menopause
Per menopause - Correct Answer Menopause- cessation of menses for >1 year
Per menopause- Transition from menstrual to non-menstrual life
Ligaments supporting the internal organs - Correct Answer - Ovarian ligament-
connect ovary to lateral surface of uterus
- Broad ligament- wide folds of peritoneum that connects the sides of the uterus to the
walls and floor of the pelvis
- Round ligaments
Ligaments of the pelvis - Correct Answer - Sacroiliac
- Sacrotuberous
- Sacrospinous
- Sacrococcygeal
- Pubic
Pelvic innervation - Correct Answer Pelvic splanchnic nerves from 2nd to 4th sacral
nerves
- Pudenda nerve supplies vulva and lower vagina
Exam with Verified Answers
Gravida "G" - Correct Answer A women who is or has been pregnant
May include:
- Live birth
- Premature birth (less than 37 weeks)
- Miscarriage
- Abortion
Para "P" - Correct Answer A term to summarize pregnancy histories
Includes:
- Full term births
- Premature Births
- Abortions/Miscarriages
- Living/surviving children
G4P111 - Correct Answer Currently pregnancy with her fourth pregnancy
- She had
- One full term
- One premature delivery which did not survive
- One abortion or miscarriage
- Has one living child
Birth - Correct Answer Expulsion of extraction of a fetus >24 weeks gestation or >500
gems from a mother
Term - Correct Answer 37 completed week’s gestation until 42 completed weeks
Preterm/premature
Post -term - Correct Answer Preterm or premature- prior to 37 completed weeks
Post-term- after 42 weeks completed
Still birth
Neonatal - Correct Answer Still birth- no signs of life at or after birth
Neonatal- pertaining to 1st 29 days after birth
Perinatal
, Infant - Correct Answer Perinatal- 28 weeks to end of neonatal period
Infant- 1st year of life
Abortion
Infertility - Correct Answer Abortion- termination of pregnancy prior to age of fetal
viability (24 weeks or 500 grams)
Infertility- Failure to conceive for 1 year with sufficiently frequent sexual encounters
Puberty
Menarche - Correct Answer Puberty- when reproduction becomes possible- when
endocrine and gametogenesis function of the gonads first develop to the point
reproduction is possible
Menace- age at 1st menses
LMP
LNMP - Correct Answer LMP- last menstrual period
LNMP- Last normal menstrual period
Catania
Postcoital bleeding - Correct Answer Catania- triad of menarche/cycle/duration of
menses
Postcoital bleeding- during or immediately after coitus (sexual intercourse)
Menopause
Per menopause - Correct Answer Menopause- cessation of menses for >1 year
Per menopause- Transition from menstrual to non-menstrual life
Ligaments supporting the internal organs - Correct Answer - Ovarian ligament-
connect ovary to lateral surface of uterus
- Broad ligament- wide folds of peritoneum that connects the sides of the uterus to the
walls and floor of the pelvis
- Round ligaments
Ligaments of the pelvis - Correct Answer - Sacroiliac
- Sacrotuberous
- Sacrospinous
- Sacrococcygeal
- Pubic
Pelvic innervation - Correct Answer Pelvic splanchnic nerves from 2nd to 4th sacral
nerves
- Pudenda nerve supplies vulva and lower vagina
