OB Exam 1 Galen College of Nursing
1. Rebounding of the floating fetus against the examiners finger.: Ballottement
2. Absence of menstration for 3 or more months in a women who have established menstral cycles.: Amenorrhea
3.first fetal movement felt by mother, noticed at 18-20 weeks: Quickening
4.Number of Pregnancy regardless of duration or outcome: Gravida
5.Development of organs: Organogenesis
6.Subjective symptoms suggesting pregnancy: Presumptive signs
7.Movement of the presenting parts of the fetus into the true pelvis: Lightening
8.Objective information of pregnancy that can be documented by physical exam and are signs that are most often characteristic
of pregnancy: Probable signs
9. Intermittant painless contractions of the uterus observed throughout pregnancy: Braxton hicks contraction
10. Pinkish or darkened streak resulting from stretching of the skin during pregnancy that occur on breast and abdomen:
Striae Gravidarum
11. Physical finding that can establish a diagnosis of pregnancy: Positive signs
12. Dark lines of pigmentation that extends from the symphysis pubis to the umbilicus: Linea Nigra
13. Established date of confinement or "due date": EDC
14. Brownish pigment of the face commonly called "mask of pregnancy": Chloasma
15. Pregnancy that reaches 37 weeks gestation: term pregnancy
16. Pregnancy before 37 weeks gestation: Preterm pregnancy
17. Number of births after 20 weeks' gestationm whether live or stillborn: Para
18. Condition of reduced blood flow to the right atrium when the pregnant women lies in a supine position: Supine
hypotension
19. Umbilical cord consists of: 2 arteries and 1 vein
20. Naegele's rule: A method used to determine date of birth taking the first day of the last menstrual period (LMP),
subtracting 3 months, and adding 7 days
21. Goodell's sign: Softening of the cervix during pregnancy.
22. Chadwick's sign: A purplish-blue color of the cervix and vagina caused by the increased vascularity are both noted
at about 8 wks.
23. 1st trimester: Period of gestation when embryo becomes a fetus, 1 to 12 weeks
24. 2nd trimester: 13-27 weeks/ LMP Weight Gain = less than 1 pound per week- Growth is rapid! End- fetus is 35
cm long and weighs about 2 lbs.
25. 3rd trimester: 28-40 weeks
fetal growth continues weight
7lbs 8 oz length 19-21 inches
braxton hicks contractions mom
gains about 12-15 pounds
26. Diastasis: separation of the recti abdominis muscles along the median line
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1. Rebounding of the floating fetus against the examiners finger.: Ballottement
2. Absence of menstration for 3 or more months in a women who have established menstral cycles.: Amenorrhea
3.first fetal movement felt by mother, noticed at 18-20 weeks: Quickening
4.Number of Pregnancy regardless of duration or outcome: Gravida
5.Development of organs: Organogenesis
6.Subjective symptoms suggesting pregnancy: Presumptive signs
7.Movement of the presenting parts of the fetus into the true pelvis: Lightening
8.Objective information of pregnancy that can be documented by physical exam and are signs that are most often characteristic
of pregnancy: Probable signs
9. Intermittant painless contractions of the uterus observed throughout pregnancy: Braxton hicks contraction
10. Pinkish or darkened streak resulting from stretching of the skin during pregnancy that occur on breast and abdomen:
Striae Gravidarum
11. Physical finding that can establish a diagnosis of pregnancy: Positive signs
12. Dark lines of pigmentation that extends from the symphysis pubis to the umbilicus: Linea Nigra
13. Established date of confinement or "due date": EDC
14. Brownish pigment of the face commonly called "mask of pregnancy": Chloasma
15. Pregnancy that reaches 37 weeks gestation: term pregnancy
16. Pregnancy before 37 weeks gestation: Preterm pregnancy
17. Number of births after 20 weeks' gestationm whether live or stillborn: Para
18. Condition of reduced blood flow to the right atrium when the pregnant women lies in a supine position: Supine
hypotension
19. Umbilical cord consists of: 2 arteries and 1 vein
20. Naegele's rule: A method used to determine date of birth taking the first day of the last menstrual period (LMP),
subtracting 3 months, and adding 7 days
21. Goodell's sign: Softening of the cervix during pregnancy.
22. Chadwick's sign: A purplish-blue color of the cervix and vagina caused by the increased vascularity are both noted
at about 8 wks.
23. 1st trimester: Period of gestation when embryo becomes a fetus, 1 to 12 weeks
24. 2nd trimester: 13-27 weeks/ LMP Weight Gain = less than 1 pound per week- Growth is rapid! End- fetus is 35
cm long and weighs about 2 lbs.
25. 3rd trimester: 28-40 weeks
fetal growth continues weight
7lbs 8 oz length 19-21 inches
braxton hicks contractions mom
gains about 12-15 pounds
26. Diastasis: separation of the recti abdominis muscles along the median line
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