OBGYN Flashcards
Choose the quantitative pregnancy test
a) thyroxin
b) progesterone
c) serum
d) urine
c) serum
Name the solid ball of developing cells which occur after fertilization
Morula
What hormone is secreted by both the syncytiotrophoblast and placenta
hCG
What process allows for spermatic penetration of the ovum
Acrosome disintegration
Where does implantation of the embryo occur
Endometrium
A patient presents as small for gestational age with a known LMP 10 weeks ago. The sonographic exam reveals a gestational sac equivalent to a 6 week gestation. Select the most likely differential
a) Incomplete abortion
b) Miscarriage
c) Blighted Ovum
c) Blighted ovum
Select the sonographic findings that increase suspicion of a choriocarcinoma
a) soft tissue mass filling the uterine cavity
b) normal fetus and placenta with a cystic vesicular portion
c) hyperechoic shadowing mass within the myometrium
d) mass invasion through the uterine myometrium to the serosa with hypoechoic liver lesions
d)
What describes an oocyte without maternal chromosomes resulting in proliferation of swollen chorionic villi and the absence of identifiable embryonic structures
Complete hydatidiform mole
What sonographic finding in the uterus is made up of bleeding from the decidulized endometrium
Pseudosac
What is the discriminatory cutoff for b-hCG
Above 1,500 to 2,500
What portion of the fallopian tube has the highest incidence of ectopic gestations
Ampullary
Which type of ectopic pregnancy implants on previous cearean scars
Intramural
What measurement from the frontal to the occipital bone is obtained at the level of the thalami
Occipito-frontal diameter (OFD)
Which cranial bones are the landmarks for measurement of the BPD
Parietal bones
What is the most common fetal ratio parameter
Head circumference/ abdominal circumference (HC/AC)
What portion of the humerus does the sonographer measure to obtain the length
Ossesous diaphysis
Choose the maternal factor that results in delayed placental maturation of a 5 cm placenta
a) Rh dieases
b) Gestational diabetes
c) Syphillis
d) Choriooangioma
b) Gestational diabetes
Decidual formation defect with abnormal placental attachment to the uterine wall describes
Placenta accreta
Which of the following describes the sonographic characteristic of excessive Wharton’s jelly
a) small mas adjacent to abdomen
b) irregular protrusion from the cord
c) cystic dilation up to 6 cm, usually located close to the fetus
d) variably echogenic, soft tissue mass with three vessels visible
d) variably echogenic, soft tissue mass with three vessels visible
What is the chromosomal cause for a thick placenta
Triploidy
What form of placenta previa lies within 2 cm of the internal cervical os
Low-lying placenta
Select the differential for an intraplacental lesion
a) Subchorionic hemorrhage
b) Circumvallate placenta
c) Fibrin deposition
d) Vasa previa
c) Fibrin deposition
At which Carnegie stage does the brain folding begin
Stage 9
What anatomy is imaged on an axial plane at the cerebellar level
Cisterna magna
Choose the sonographic characteristic of a cephalocele
a) nuchal ligament forming a midline segment
b) macrocephaly
c) complex paracranial mass
d) located in the anterior portion of the neck
c) complex paracranial mass
What term describes dilation of the renal calices
Caliectasis
What term describes the portion of the fetus that will deliver first
Fetal presentation
What is the maximum right renal volume for a 30 week fetus
12.0 cm3
Which malformation results in failure to identify pulmonary vascular communication with color doppler
a) pulmonary sequestration
b) bronchogenic cyst
c) hirschsprungs disease
d) meconium ileus
a) pulmonary sequestration
Identify the sonographic appearance of a Type 3 CCAM
a) unilateral, 4 cm cyst with multiple outpouchings
b) unilateral cysts replacing the lower lobe of one lung
c) solid echogenic mass within the lung
d) spherical homogeneous mass resulting in a midline shift
c) solid echogenic mass within the lung
The finding of subcutaneous edema, ascites, a large spleen and liver, and a thick placenta raises suspicion for what process
Fetal hydrops
Which of the following is part of Epstein’s anomaly
a) underdeveloped left ventricle
b) tricuspid stenosis
c) right ventricular hypoplasia
d) overriding aorta
b) tricuspid stenosis
What is an abnormal opening between the right and left atrium
Atrial septal defect
What anatomy is imaged on a 4 chamber view
Interventricular septum
What heart defect has an increase in right ventricular size, a small aorta, and reversed ductus arteriosus flow
Interrupted aortic arch
What dominant category does thanatophoric dysplasia fall into
Micromelia
What sonographic findings are seen with thanatophoric dysplasia
a) heart malformations, bone fractures, radial hypoplasia
b) polydactyly, macrocepahly, hypermineralization
c) bowed long bones, wide thorax, syndactyly, rhizomelia
d) narrow thorax, curved or bowed long bones, hypomineralization
d
What scanning angle avoids artificial limb shortening when performing biometry
Perpendicular
Choose the maternal indication for performance of a fetal doppler exam
a) hypertension
b) umbilical cord anomaly
c) history of chromosomal anomaly
d) intrauterine growth retardation
a) hypertenstion
What is the normal umbilical artery waveform
Low resistance
What fetal vessel is sampled above the umbilical sinus and has a normal triphasic flow pattern
Ductus venosus
Identify the vessel with flow fluctuations and pulsations in the distressed fetus
a) SVC
b) umbilical vein
c) uterine artery
d) ductus venosus
b) umbilical vein
What fetal testing method includes the nonstress test and amniotic fluid volume
Modified biophysical profile
What first sonographically observed biophysical change is seen with fetal hypoxia
Gross fetal body movements
What is the primary factor for increased multiple births
delayed childbearing
Select the maternal complication of a multiple pregnancy
a) preterm birth
b) hypertension
c) fetal death
d) Intrauterine growth restriction
b) hypertension
In a twin gestation with a placenta on the anterior wall and a second on the posterior wall, what would be the membrane configuration
Dichorionic/diamniotic
Fetal death and the retention of the fetus can result in what type of process
Fetal papyraceus
Identify the doppler parameter which confirms the presence of an acardiac twin
a) increased flow velocities in the MCA
b) decreased resistance in umbilical cord flow
c) lack of low in the umbilical artery
d) umbilical cord flow reversal
d) umbilical cord flow reversal
Which of the following is a sonographic finding for the donor twin in the TTS pregnancy
a) hypovolemic
b) polyhydramnios
c) macrsomia
d) hydrops
a) hypovolemic
What type of placentation occurs with the division of the monozygotic twinning at day 3
dichorionic/diamniotic
Which of the following is a perinatal pathology associated with IUGR
a) hypoglycemia
b) hypertenstion
c) diabetes
d) obesity
b) hypertension
Choose the fetal cause of IUGR
a) varicella zoster
b) palcental abruption
c) preterm birth
d) sibling with IUGR
a) varicella zoster
What is the doppler finding seen with asymmetric IUGR
Increased RI in aorta
What type of cell division results in an individual with 2 genotypes
Mosaicism
What term describes a mutation caused by multiple genes
Heterogenous disorder
Select the soft sonographic marker for trisomy 21
a) low set ears
b) choroid plexus cysts
c) microcephaly
d) cleft lip
b) choroid plexus cysts
How many chromosomes are found in a gamete
23
What is the chromosome makeup of a Turner syndrome fetus
45XO
What maternal bacterial infection raises the risk of fetal hydrops
Syphilis