Chapter 6

Question 1

ballottement

Answer 1

a probable sign of pregnancy that occurs when the examiner pushes up on the uterine wall during a pelvic examination, then feels the fetus bounce back against the examiner’s fingers.

Question 2

Braxton Hicks contractions

Answer 2

the painless intermittent practice contractions of pregnancy

Question 3

Chadwick’s sign

Answer 3

the bluish-purplish color of the cervix vagina and perineum during pregnancy

Question 4

chloasma

Answer 4

or mask of pregnancy brown blotchy area on the forehead cheeks and nose of the pregnant woman

Question 5

colostrum

Answer 5

this yellowish milky fluid secreted by the woman’s breast during pregnancy or just after delivery (before the secretion of milk)

Question 6

couvade syndrome

Answer 6

phenomenon in which some fathers actually experience some of the physical symptoms of pregnancy, such as nausea and vomiting, along with their partner.

Question 7

cretinism

Answer 7

a congenital condition marked by stunted growth and mental retardation

Question 8

diastasis recti abdominis

Answer 8

separation of the rectus abdominis muscle that supports the abdomen

Question 9

glycosuria

Answer 9

glucose in the urine

Question 10

Goodell’s sign

Answer 10

softening of the cervix during pregnancy

Question 11

Hegar’s sign

Answer 11

softening of the uterine isthmus during pregnancy

Question 12

linea nigra

Answer 12

a darkened line that develops on the skin in the middle of the abdomen of pregnant women

Question 13

lordosis

Answer 13

forward curvature of the lumbar spine sway back

Question 14

Montgomery’s tubercles

Answer 14

sebaceous glands on the areolas that produce secretions that lubricate the nipple.Montgomery’s tubercles become more prominent during pregnancy.

Question 15

pica

Answer 15

compulsive eating of nonfood substances

Question 16

pyrosis

Answer 16

heartburn caused by acid reflux through the relaxed lower esophageal sphincter

Question 17

scurvy

Answer 17

a disease that results from severe vitamin C deficiency and is characterized by spongy gums, loosened teeth, and bleeding into the skin and mucous membrane.

Question 18

striae

Answer 18

stretch marks

Question 19

supine hypotensive syndrome

Answer 19

condition that occurs during late pregnancy in which the gravid uterus can com-press the woman’s vena cava and aorta, causing the blood pressure to fall when the woman is in the supine position.