Prenatal

Question 1

High blood pressure

Answer 1

Hypertension

Question 2

Abnormal accumulation of fluid in tissues of the body

Answer 2

Edema

Question 3

Infectious disease that can result in severe fetal malformations

Answer 3

Toxoplasmosis

Question 4

Virus causing chicken pox and shingles

Answer 4

Varicella

Question 5

Agents that cause malformations in a developing embryo

Answer 5

Teratogen

Question 6

Deficient weight and height growth in infancy or early childhood resulting from malnutrition, chronic disease or a congenital anomaly

Answer 6

Failure to thrive FTT

Question 7

Small head size

Answer 7

Microcephaly

Question 8

Relating to the skull and facial bones

Answer 8

Crainiofacial

Question 9

A medical complication associated with an illness, procedure or operation

Answer 9

Morbidity

Question 10

A large body size

Answer 10

Macrosomia

Question 11

Groove between the nose and mouth

Answer 11

Philtrum

Question 12

Chemical released at the synapse that aids in transmitting an impulse from nerve to nerve

Answer 12

Neurotransmitter

Question 13

A class of viruses that includes human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)

Answer 13

Retrovirus

Question 14

The study of factors that determines disease frequency and distribution

Answer 14

Epidemiology

Question 15

Disorder characterized by too few red blood cells or too little hemoglobin

Answer 15

Anemia

Question 16

Reduced white blood cell count

Answer 16

Neutropenia

Question 17

Low platelet count

Answer 17

Thrombocytopenia

Question 18

From pregnant mother to delivering fetus

Answer 18

Vertical transmission

Question 19

Transmission from environmental sources (such as hospital personnel)

Answer 19

Horizontal transmission

Question 20

Death of tissue

Answer 20

Necrosis

Question 21

Condition characterized by abnormal accumulation of cerebral fluid within the ventricles of the brain causing enlargement of an infants head

Answer 21

Hydrocephalus

Question 22

A fetal protein found in amniotic fluid and serum

Answer 22

Alpha-fetoprotein

Question 23

A hormone produced and discharged by the embryo that stops the expulsion of the embryo from the uterus

Answer 23

Human chorionic goadatropin

Question 24

Screening test that employs sound waves to provide a moving image

Answer 24

Ultrasonography

Question 25

Prenatal diagnostic procedure involving the insertion of a needle through the abdominal wall into the uterine cavity and the subsequent removal of amniotic fluid

Answer 25

Amniocentesis