Glossary Part 2

Question 1

anemia with excessive number of megaloblasts in circulation caused primarily by deficiency in folate and B12

Answer 1

Megaloblastic Anemia

Question 2

Iron Deficiency Anemia

Answer 2

microcytic

Question 3

eating disorder characterized by altered body image and marked reduction in the vintage go good, caused by psychogenic factors and leading to malnutrition and amenorrhea

Answer 3

Anorexia Nervosa

Question 4

irregular uterine bleeding that occurs in the absence of ovulation

Answer 4

anovulatory bleeding

Question 5

before labor or delivery

Answer 5

antepartum

Question 6

a physical assessment of the newborn usually does at 1 and 5 minutes after birth, used to determine the need for resuscitation

Answer 6

APGAR Score

Question 7

abnormal accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity

Answer 7

Ascites

Question 8

loss of uterine muscular tonicity, which may result in failure of labor to progress or in postpartum hemorrhage

Answer 8

uterine atony

Question 9

in medicine, a patient’s right to determine what health care she will accept

Answer 9

autonomy

Question 10

sex chromatin masses on the nuclear membrane. The number of these is one fewer than the number of X chromosomes in that cell

Answer 10

Barr bodies

Question 11

cystic swelling a Bartholin gland caused by obstruction of its duct

Answer 11

Bartholin Cyst

Question 12

a pair of glands located at the 4 o’clock and 8 o’lock position on the vulvo-vaginal rim

Answer 12

Bartholin Glands

Question 13

the oral temperature at rest, used for detection of ovulation

Answer 13

basal body temperature

Question 14

the most common germ cell tumor, consisting of mature elements of all three germ layers

Answer 14

benign cystic teratoma (often called dermoid cyst)

Question 15

a physical assessment of the fetus, including emulation of fetal movement, breathing movements, fetal tone, amnionic fluid, and electronic fetal heart monitoring

Answer 15

biophysical profile

Question 16

a graph showing a basal body temperature in the luteal phase that is 0.3-1degree F higher than that of a follicular phase, which indicates that valuation has occurred

Answer 16

biphasic temperature curve

Question 17

the circulation by which the fetus exchanges nutrients and waste products with eh mother

Answer 17

uteroplacental blood flow

Question 18

endometrial bleeding that occurs at inappropriate times during the use of hormonal contraceptives

Answer 18

breakthrough bleeding

Question 19

the buttocks (often refers to a fetal presentation)

Answer 19

breech

Question 20

the clinical (information obtained before surgery or tissue sampling) and pathological (examination of the tumor microscopically) emulation of the extent and severity of cancer

Answer 20

Cancer Staging

Question 21

a neoplasm in which the tumor cells are confined by the basement membrane of the epithelium of origin

Answer 21

carcinoma in situ

Question 22

birth of the fetus through incisions made in the abdomen and uterine wall

Answer 22

cesarean delivery