Genitourinary Flashcards
Abortions
Number of terminated pregnancies, spontaneous or induced
Adnexal tenderness
Tenderness of the ovaries during the pelvic exam indicative of ovarian cyst or torsion
Blood at the meatus
Blood at the urethral opening of a male; sign of trauma or hematuria
Cervical os
The opening of the cervix; always will be closed unless passing tissue from the cervix
CMT
Cervical Motion Tenderness; elicited by moving the cervix often indicative of PID
CVA tenderness
Costo-vertebral Angle tenderness; tenderness over the kidney’s
Dysuria
Painful urination
Ectopic pregnancy
Egg developing outside the uterus extremely dangerous due to risk of rupture
Foley catheter
A tube inserted through the urethra to drain urine, often left in place
Frequency
Urinating often
G: P: A:
The # of times pregnant: The # of live children corn: The # of failed pregnancies
Gravid
The state of being pregnant; appearing pregnant
Hematuria
Blood in the urine
Para
Live births; the number of viable offspring born by a woman
PID
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease; inflammation of a woman’s reproductive organs