Chapter 32 Obstetric and Gynecological Emergencies

Question 1

Labia

Answer 1

Soft tissues that protect the entrance to the vagina

Question 2

Perineum

Answer 2

The surface area between the vagina and anus

Question 3

Mons pubis

Answer 3

Soft tissue that covers the pubic symphysis; area where hair grows when a woman reaches puberty

Question 4

Vagina is

Answer 4

The brith canal

Question 5

Ovary/ovaries

Answer 5

The female reproductive organ that produces

Ova or ovum means egg

Question 6

Fallopian tube also called the oviducts

Answer 6

The narrow tube that connects the ovary to the uterus - also called the oviduct

Question 7

Uterus

Answer 7

The muscular abdominal organ where the fetus develops; the womb

Question 8

Cervix

Answer 8

The neck of the uterus at the entrance to the birth canal

Question 9

Ovulation

Answer 9

The phase of the female reproductive cycle in which an ovum is released from the ovary

Question 10

Embryo

Answer 10

The baby from fertilization to 8 weeks of development

Question 11

Fetus

Answer 11

The baby from 8 weeks of development

Question 12

Peristalsis

Answer 12

Waves of muscular contraction

Usually happens when Fallopian tubes move egg toward the uterus

Question 13

How much blood is lost through menstruation

Answer 13

Typically totaling around 50mL, for roughly 3-5 days

Question 14

A typical pregnancy lasts how long?

Answer 14

Lasts about 40 weeks

Question 15

Fetus will develop over the next?

Answer 15

32 weeks

Question 16

Nine months of pregnancy are divided into 3 month periods called trimesters

Answer 16

First trimester

• fetus is being formed
• little uterus growth

Second trimester

• after the third, uterus grows rapidly
• by the 5 month, reaching the umbilicus (navel)
• reaching the epigastrium (upper abdomen) by the seventh month
• placenta develops in uterus

Question 17

Placenta

Answer 17

The organ of pregnancy when exchange of oxygen, nutrients, and wastes occur between a mother and fetus

• attached to the wall of the uterus
• expelled after baby is born

Question 18

Umbilical ford

Answer 18

The fetal structure containing the blood vessels that carry blood to and from the placenta

• about 1 in wide and 22in long
• fully expelled after birth

Question 19

Amniotic sac

Answer 19

A thin membranous “bag of waters” that surrounds the developing fetus

• protects the fetus acting as a cushion for minor injuries
• sac contains almost one quart of liquid called amniotic fluid
• maintains a constant fetal body temp.

Question 20

Abortion

Answer 20

Spontaneous (miscarriage or induced termination of pregnancy

Question 21

Abruptio placentae

Answer 21

A condition in which the placenta separates from the uterine wall; a cause of prebirth bleeding

Question 22

Afterbirth

Answer 22

The placenta, membranes or the amniotic sac, part of the umbilical cord, and some tissues from the lining of the uterus that are delivered after the birth of the baby

Question 23

Braxton Hicks contractions

Answer 23

Irregular prelabor contractions of the uterus

Question 24

Breech presentation

Answer 24

When the baby’s buttocks or both legs appear first during birth

Question 25

Cephalic

Answer 25

When the baby appears headfirst during birth. This is the normal presentation

Question 26

Crowning

Answer 26

When part of the baby is visible through the vaginal opening

Question 27

Eclampsia

Answer 27

A severe complication of pregnancy that produces seizures and coma

Question 28

Ectopic pregnancy

Answer 28

When implantation of the fertilized egg is not in the body of the uterus, occurring instead in the Fallopian tube (oviduct), cervix, or abdominopelvic cavity