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©PREP4EXAMS @2024 [REAL EXAM DUMPS] Wednesday, July 17, 2024 1:27 AMNSG 170 Reproduction & Sexuality Exam prep
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
amenorrhea - ✔️✔️absence of menstruation
anemia - ✔️✔️a deficiency of red blood cells
anorexia - ✔️✔️loss of appetite
amnion - ✔️✔️innermost layer of the fetal membrane
amniotic fluid - ✔️✔️fluid within the amniotic sac that surrounds and protects the fetus
abortion - ✔️✔️termination of pregnancy
*Pregnancies can be aborted up to 20 weeks.
Braxton Hicks contractions - ✔️✔️false labor
ballottement - ✔️✔️a sharp upward pushing against the uterine wall with a finger inserted into
the vagina for diagnosing pregnancy by feeling the return impact of the displaced fetus
chorionic villi - ✔️✔️-microscopic fingerlike projections that penetrate the endometrium
-develop into the placenta & support maternal-fetal gas exchange
cotyledons - ✔️✔️approximately 15-25 separations of the decidua basalis of the placenta,
separated by placental septa. Each cotyledon consists of a main stem of a chorionic villus as
well as its branches and subbranches etc.
Chadwick's sign - ✔️✔️a bluish discoloration of the cervix, vagina, and labia resulting from
increased blood flow. It can be observed as early as 6 to 8 weeks after conception,[1] and its
presence is an early sign of pregnancy.
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chloasma - ✔️✔️mask of pregnancy
dyspareunia - ✔️✔️painful intercourse
embryo - ✔️✔️the developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through
the second month
effleurage - ✔️✔️Light, continuous-stroking massage movement applied with fingers and
palms in a slow and rhythmic manner.
false labor - ✔️✔️Discomfort localized in abdomen; no lower back pain; contractions decrease
in intensity or frequency with ambulation
ferning - ✔️✔️test to determine rupture of membranes
Microscopic appearance of amniotic fluid resembling fern leaves when the fluid is allowed to
dry on a microscope slide; also called fern test.
gestational age - ✔️✔️Age as measured in weeks from the first day of the mother's last
menstrual cycle.
gravida - ✔️✔️pregnant
GFR - ✔️✔️glomerular filtration rate
Goodell's sign - ✔️✔️softening of the cervix
gate control theory - ✔️✔️the theory that the spinal cord contains a neurological "gate" that
blocks pain signals or allows them to pass on to the brain. The "gate" is opened by the
activity of pain signals traveling up small nerve fibers and is closed by activity in larger
fibers or by information coming from the brain.
HCG - ✔️✔️human chorionic gonadotropin
* Earliest biochemical marker of pregnancy (Phenergan and diuretics can effect pregnancy
tests)
Hegar's sign - ✔️✔️softening of the lower uterine segment
hyperemesis gravidarum - ✔️✔️severe nausea and vomiting in pregnancy that can cause severe
dehydration in the mother and fetus
immunization - ✔️✔️The deliberate exposure of a pathogen to produce memory cells.
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