Ch 26/27/29

Question 0

Complication of pregnancy that includes general edema, hypertension, proteinuria, and convulsions

Answer 0

Eclampsia

Question 1

Surgical puncture of the amniotic sac to remove fluid for laboratory analysis

Answer 1

Amniocentesis

Question 2

A women who has been pregnant more than once

Answer 2

Multigravida

Question 3

Carrying a pregnancy to the point of viability regardless of the outcome

Answer 3

Parity

Question 4

A complication of pregnancy characterized by generalized edema, hypertension and proteinuria

Answer 4

Preeclampsia

Question 5

Time period between fertilization and birth

Answer 5

Prenatal

Question 6

A method of adding liquid, usually saline or potassium hydrochloride, to a specimen on a slide for examination and preservation

Answer 6

Wet mount

Question 7

A cervix test to check for cancer

Answer 7

Papanicolau test

Question 8

The stop of menstration

Answer 8

Menopause

Question 9

The inability or diminished ability to conceive is known

Answer 9

Infertility

Question 10

The surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis

Answer 10

Circumcision

Question 11

Pertaining to the environment outside of a body cell

Answer 11

Exudate

Question 12

Soft spot lying between the cranial bones of the skull of a fetus, newborn, and infant

Answer 12

Fontanel

Question 13

Newborn

Answer 13

Neonate

Question 14

(PKU) a hereditary disease caused by the body’s inability to oxidize the amino acid phenylalanine

Answer 14

Phenylketonuria

Question 15

Producing or associated with the generation of pus

Answer 15

Suppurative

Question 16

Placement of a tube through the tympanic membrane to allow ventilation of middle ear

Answer 16

Tympanostomy

Question 17

Midlife changes in a male

Answer 17

Andropause

Question 18

Impairment of intellectual function that is progressive and interferes with normal activities

Answer 18

Dementia

Question 19

Understand and share the feelings of another

Answer 19

Empathize

Question 20

The branch of medicine concerned with the problems of aging

Answer 20

Geriatrics

Question 21

The scientific study of the problems associated with aging

Answer 21

Gerontology

Question 22

Uncontrollable loss of urine or feces

Answer 22

Incontinence

Question 23

Progressive loss of hearing caused by the normal aging process

Answer 23

Presbycusis

Question 24

Mental and physical weakness sometimes associated with aging

Answer 24

Senile