terminology

Question 1

quickening

Answer 1

first fetal movement is felt during the second trimester
primigravida = 16 - 18 weeks
multigravida = 14 - 16 weeks

Question 2

goddall’s sign

Answer 2

softening and blue discoloration of the cervix

Question 3

hegars sign

Answer 3

non-specific indication of pregnancy that is characterized by the compressibility and softening of the cervical isthmus

uterine isthmus is soft 6 - 8 weeks can be compressed between the fingers on bimanual examination

Question 4

braxton hicks contractions

Answer 4

painless contractions

Question 5

montgomery tubercles

Answer 5

sebaceous glands that appear as small bumps around the dark area of the nipple as a ring of about 12 - 20 small tubercles

Question 6

chandeliers sign

Answer 6

cervical motion tenderness on bimanual palpation of the cervix can be indicative of ectopic pregnancy or pelvic inflammatory disease

Question 7

naegeles rule

Answer 7

the proposition that pregnancy is 40 weeks or 280 days in duration

calculate EDD from LMP by adding a year subtracting 3 months and adding 7 days

Question 8

parity

Answer 8

the number of times that she has given birth to a fetus with a gestational age of 24 weeks or more, regardless of whether the child was born alive or was stillborn

Question 9

gravid

Answer 9

number of pregnancies

Question 10

perinatal mortality

Answer 10

the death of a baby between 28 weeks of gestation onwards and before the first 7 days of life

Question 11

kuppuswamy prasad’s classification system

Answer 11

used to gage the socioeconomic status of the patient

Question 12

hoffmans exercise

Answer 12

manual exercise that may help break adhesions at the base of the nipple that keep it inverted

Question 13

placental sign

Answer 13

slight bloody discharge from the vagina coinciding with implantation of an embryo in the uterus

Question 14

chadwicks sign / jacquemier’s sign

Answer 14

blood flow to the cervix and vagina increases around the fourth week of pregnancy, causing those tissues to become purplish-red

Question 15

osiander sign

Answer 15

at the 8th week increased pulsation felt through the lateral fornices

Question 16

piskacek’s sign

Answer 16

asymmetrical enlargement of the uterus if there is lateral implantation one half is more firm than the other half

Question 17

palmers sing

Answer 17

uterine contractions felt during bimanual examination

Question 18

lightening

Answer 18

at the end of the third trimester, the baby settles, or drops lower, into the mother’s pelvis

Question 19

blastocyst

Answer 19

a rapidly dividing ball of cells formed on the fifth or sixth day after fertilization the inner group of cells will become the embryo the outer group will become the cells that nourish and protect it