All of the following are functions of the placenta Excet:
A. Supplying the developing fetus with maternal blood
B. Serving as a protective barrier
C.
... [Show More] Transferring heat and nutrients to the developing fetus
D. Secreting estrogen and progesterone required to maintain pregnancy
A
Which statement about the umbilical cord is true?
A. The umbilical cord is approzimately six feet long
B. It has two veins and one artery
C. Arteries connect it to the material circulation and supply nutrients to the fetus
D. The umbilical vein supplies oxygenated blood to the fetus
D
Which of the following statements regarding maternal phytsiological changes during pregnancy is true?
A. renal blood flow decreases
B. Progesterone causes a decrease in airway resistance
C. The mother's respiratory rate increases significantly
D. Maternal blood volume increases
B
The period of gestation from eight weeks until delivery of the infant is the ____ Stage
A. Fetal
B. embryonic
C. Confinement
D. Pre-embryonic
A
The time before birth is the _____ period.
A. Prenatal
B. Embryonic
C. Confinement
D. Pre-embryonic
A
All of the following general information pertains ot the evaluation of an obsterical patient except:
A. name of the father
B. Estimated date of confinement
C. History of obsterical complications
D. Prenatal care
A
The stage of labor that begins with the onset of contractions and that ends with complete cervical dilation and effacement is known as:
A. Puerperium
B. Expulsioin
C. Placental
D. Dilatation
D
Emergency care providers should assume that any female of childbearing age with lower abdominal pain is experiencing:
A. an ectopic pregnancy
B. a spontaneous abortion
C. a ruptured ovarian cyst
D. mittelschmertz
A
Third-trimester painless bleeding should be attributed to:
A. Supine hypotensive disorder
B. Spontaneous abortion
C. Placenta previa
D. Ectopic pregnancy
C
The premature separation of the placenta from the uterine wall is termed:
A: Spontaneous placentae
B. Abruptio placentae
C. Placenta previa
D. Concealed placentae.
B
Factors indicating imminent delivery include all of the following except:
A. Presence of crowning
B. Frequency of contractions
C. Number of previous pregancies
D. Rupture of the bag of waters`
D
All of the following are considered obsterical equipment excet:
A. Sterile gloves
B. Umbilical clamps or ties
C. Merconium aspirator
D. OB drapes
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