Assessment of the First Trimester Flashcards
decidua parietalis / decidua vera
results from hormonal influence on the uninvolved endometrial tissue
gestational sac
- Beta hCG of 1000 mIU/mL should demonstrate a GS transvaginally
- transabdominal: 5mm mean sac diameter 5-6 weeks
- transvaginal: 2-3mm about 4-5 weeks
sonographic findings of gestational trophoblastic neoplasm
- moderately echogenic soft tissue uterine mass
- cystic structures within mass
- vascular flow
- bilateral theca lutein cysts
- possible adjacent fetus
chorion frondosum
the portion of the chorion that develops into the fetal portion of the placenta
abdominal wall
- physiological herniation of the fetal bowel into the umbilical cord
- bowel returns into abdomen, adn herniation resolves by the eleventh gestational week
What should be seen during the 6th week?
- MSD 15-20mm
- yolk sac visualized
- c-shaped embryo approx 5mm
- heart rate present
cornual ectopic
- laterally placed gestational sac
- myometrium incompletely surrounds the GS
- highly vascular location
Nuchal Translucency
- first trimester screening for chromosomal abnormalities
- maximum thickness of the subcutaneous translucency betweem the skin and soft tissue overlying the cervical spine is measured
- calipers are placed on the hyperechoic lines, not in the nuchal fluid, from inner-to-inner borders
- exceeding 3 mm is abnormal
where does the zygote form?
in distal fallopian tube
What should be seen by the 5th week?
- MSD 10mm
- yolk sac seen transvaginally
- may see embryonic disc and may wee cardiac activity
what are the risk factors for an ectopic?
- pelvic infection
- IUD
- oviduct surgery
- infertility treatment
- endometriosis
- previous ectopic
decidua basalis
portion of the endometrium on which the implanted conceptus rests
skeletal system
- vertebral bodies and ribs are forming at 6 weeks
- arms and legs are forming at 7 weeks
- ossification of the vertebral bodies and rib cartilage at 9 weeks
- long bones form during the 10 week
heterotopic pregnancy
one IUP and one extrauterine
differential: bicornuate uterus pregnancy in both horns, IUP with complex corpus luteal cyst
morula
solid mass of cells formed by cleavage of a fertilized ovum
The embryo unfolds and the midgut has herniated during what week?
8th week
What is demonstrated during 12th week?
- midgut returned to abdominal cavity
- skeletal body
- fluid in stomach
- yolk sac no longer seen
chorionic plate
the part of the chorionic membranethat covers the placenta
crown-rump length
- measured until 12th gestational week
- most accurate method of dating a pregnancy
- sagittal measurement of the embryo or fetus from the top of the head to the bottom of the rump
- lower extremities are not included in the measurement
- length increases approximately 1 mm/day