QUIZ MCN LEC MIDTERMS

0 / 2 points
Uterine size is increased due to hypertrophy of existing muscles and connective tissues. This is where
formation of new muscle fibers happens in pregnancy.

True
False
Question 2 2 / 2 points
A woman who has given birth to one child past age of
viability

Nulligravida

Primipara

Multipara

Primigravida

Question 3 2 / 2 points
Term used for women who has had two or more deliveries
that were carried to viability

Primigravida

Nulliparous

Multigravida

Multiparous

Question 4 2 / 2 points
These intermittent irregular, painless, abdominal and false
labor contractions felt as abdominal muscle tightening by
about 4 months; more pronounced at 8 months
 Signs that the baby is ready for delivery

Braxton-Hick's Contractions

True Labor

True Contractions

Question 5 2 / 2 points
Decreased free hydrochloric acid plus decreased motility
and digestion contribute to morning sickness and
heartburn/pyrosis.

This should alert the nurse that mother needs to be monitored closely

This is a sign that labor might occur soon

This is normal in pregnancy

This is a warning sign that the baby is in distress

Question 6 10 / 10 points
Match the level to the week of pregnancy

__4__ 20th to 22nd week 1. rising from pelvic

__5__ 36th week 2. an abdominal cont

__3__ 12th week 3. level of symphysis

__1__ 13th week 4. at umbilical level

__2__ 14th week 5. at xiphoid process

Question 7
These are dark patches on the cheeks, nose and neck;
'mask' of pregnancy due to increased melanocyte-
stimulating hormones of pregnancy

Chloasma

Striae Gravidarum

Linea Nigra

Palmar Erythema

Question 8 0 / 2 points
Increased vascularity causes cervix to be soft: Hegar's sign

True
False
Question 9 2 / 2 points
During Pregnancy, circulating volume increase from the end
of the first trimester (30%) up to the period just before labor
(50%). Physiologic Anemia of pregnancy results from the
disproportionate increase between the circulating blood
volume and the red blood cells.

True
False
Question 10 2 / 2 points
Known as stretch marks; silvery streaks on the abdomen,
upper thighs and lower breast due to adrenal hypertrophy

Palmar Erythema
 Linea Nigra

Striae Gravidarum

Chloasma

Question 11 2 / 2 points
Edema of lower extremities is common in the last 6 weeks of
pregnancy because of the pressure on the pelvic girdle.

True
False
Question 12 2 / 2 points
This is the period of rapid organogenesis; teratogens like alcohol, drugs, virus, and radiation are
highly damaging.

THIRD TRIMESTER

FIRST TRIMESTER

FAMILY PLANNING

SECOND TRIMESTER

Question 13 0 / 2 points
One of the changes of the integumentary system during
pregnancy Diastasis is due to increased activity of the sweat
and sebaceous glands from pregnancy's increased metabolic
rate.

True
False
Question 14 2 / 2 points
The whitish, mucoid, non-foul, nonpruritic vaginal
secretions increases as estrogen level increases; provides
increased vaginal acidity, an added protection from bacterial
invasion

Leukorrhea

Increased WBC

Lochia

sign of the start of menstruation after pregnancy

Question 15 2 / 2 points
Chorion of placenta secretes HCG which functions to:

Induces labor

Found elevated in excessive vomiting

Aid in diagnosing pregnancy by its detection in maternal serum and urine

Maintain the corpus luteum

Question 16 0 / 2 points
During pregnancy, uterine shape changes from Oval to globular.

True
False