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SOPN Maternity 1
Question | Answer |
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What is the #1 cause of infant deaths | immaturity |
What is the production of reproductive cells. | Meiosis |
What is the production of tissue growth and repair | Mitosis |
The mature *OVUM* will always have what? | X chromosome |
the mature *SPERM* will always have what? | X or Y chromosome |
Sex of the child is determined by | type of sperm cell fertilizing the ovum. (spermatoza) |
When is the fertile period for a woman | 14 days from the 1st day of the menstrual cycle |
Where does fertilization occur? | fallopian tube |
What is the fertilized cell resulting from the union of the sperm and ovum called | zygote |
when is sex of the child determined | fertilization |
After fertilization, when the ovum travels down the uterus, the mass of cells is called.... | Morula |
Name the cells that invade the endometrium for implantation of the blastocyst and contribute to the formation of the placenta | Trophoblast |
during the blastocyst stage teh embryo begins to implant itself into the endometrium....when does this occur | around 7 days after fertilization |
At what point does the embryo become a fetus | 8 weeks |
What comes from the union of a SINGE OVUM AND A SINGLE SPERM - develops form one fertizied ovum which divides. | Identical Twins |
who would always be SAME SEX AND IDENTICAL GENETIC PATTERNS | identical twins |
if the division of twins occurs very late, seperation would not be complete and you would have | conjoined twins |
When does an embryo become a fetus | 8 weeks |
When will you find every organ system and external structure to be found in a full term newborn present by? | 8 weeks |
what is the fine downy hair that appears over the body EXCEPT for the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet. (think MONKEY!) | Lanugo |
What is full term | 38-40 weeks |
what is produced at 20-24 weeks of gestation, composed of phospholipids that lowers the surface tension of the alveoli | surfactant |
The lungs are rarely sufficiently developed to maintain extrauterine life....prior to | 26 weeks |
what in the aminotic fluid suggests that the bladder is emptied before birth | Urates |
When will the fetus swallow large amounts of amniotic fluid which starts the intestines filling up with mecomium | 4th month |
thick dark substance in the intestine of the fetus | mecomium |
describe the path of blood in fetal circulation | oxygenated blood flows up the cord, thru umbilical vein, into inferior vena cava, into the right atrium, and then into the left atrium |
special fetal structure connecting the left and right atria, down the left ventricle and through the aorta | Foremen ovale |
Blood which circulates up the arms and the head returns through the superior vena cava tot eh right atrium down the right ventricle to the pulmonary arteries to the lungs for what purpose | oxygenation and nutrition only |
What is a special fetal structure that connects the pulmonary artery to aorta | ductus ateriosus |
What surrounds the fetus and the fetal side of the placenta and stretches as the fetus grows and becomes the amniotic sac | two membranes |
what is the outer layer of the two fetal membranes | chrorian |
what is the inner layer of the two fetal membranes | amnion |
what begins to develop very early in embryonic life, appearing in the second week | amnion |
what invests the embryo completely in a membranous sac, even before the body has formed | amnion |
What is the amount of fluid at the end of pregnancy | 500-1000mls |
what is smooth and glistening, being covered by aminion and beneath this layer can be seen a number of large blood vessels | fetal surface of the placenta |
what serves as an endocrine gland, secreting chorionic gonadotropin, estrogen, and progesterone | placenta |
what maintains the pregnancy | corpus luteum |
what maintains progesterone production via the corpus luteum | HCG- Human Chorionic Gonadotropin |
What contains 2 arteries that are protected from pressure by Wartens Jelly a blue/white gelatenouis substance | umbilical cord |
3 months long and 1/3 the duration of the pregnancy | trimester |
time of interuterine developemnt from conception through birth | gestation |
pregnant women | gravida |
delivered living children | parity (para) |
has delivered 1st child | Prim (primipara) |
no children | nulli |
40 weeks, 10 lunar months, 9 calendar months, orrrrr 280 days | legnth of pregnancy |
what is Naegales Rule | count back 3 calendar months from the 1st day of the last menstrual period and add 7 days! |
when would you expect to feel life | 16-18 weeks |
discoloration of the vaginal mucosa membrane form pink to DARK BLUE!?!?!? | Chadwicks Sign |
mask of pregnancy.....aka linea nigra = black line running from the umbilicus to the mons pubis | Choloasma |
the lower uterine segment becomes much softer than the cervix | Hegers Sign |
pregnant cervix becomes soft | Goodells Sign |
uterine muscles contract and relax, enlarging the size of the uterus to accomodate the growing fetus, painless, patient may not be conscious of them. "false Labor" | Braxton Hicks |
Pregnancy test looks for what to determine a positive result as soon as 10 days of a missed period | HCG Human Chorionic Gonadotropin |
Fetal movements can be felt by an examiner when | 5 months |
weight increases 20x from 2 ounces to | 1000 grams or 2 lbs |
softening of the cervix due to increased vascularity | goodels sign |
what forms a mucus plug in the cervical canal sealing the uterus from contamination by bacteria in the vagina | secretions from the cervical glands |
thin yellowish fluid expressed from the nipples and is present until replaced by the milk about the 3rd or 4th day following surgery | Colostrum |
what affects the female body systems increasing blood flow to tissues, ansopharygeal edema | estrogen |