Fetal growth assessment — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: In which week of gestation is fetal cardiac activity typically detectable by transvaginal ultrasound?

Answer: 6 weeks

Extra: Fetal cardiac activity is typically visible on transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) by 5.5 to 6 weeks of gestation (calculated from LMP). It is visible on transabdominal ultrasound (TAS) by 7 to 8 weeks.

Flashcard 2: One test for fetal _____ maturity is the foam stability index test

Answer: lung

Flashcard 3: _____ age of a fetus is calculated from date of conception (gestational age minus 2 weeks)

Answer: Embryonic

Flashcard 4: What is a possible adverse effect associated with performing chorionic villus sampling before 9 weeks? _____

Answer: limb defects

Flashcard 5: During pregnancy, there is a _____-fold increase in estriol, which is an indicator of fetal well-being

Answer: 1000

Flashcard 6: In areas with prenatal care, hydatidiform mole is diagnosed by routine _____ early in the first trimester

Answer: ultrasound

Flashcard 7: _____ and progesterone are both used for HRT in post-menopausal women (with an intact uterus) to avoid an increased risk of endometrial cancer.

Answer: Estrogen

Flashcard 8: Define spermatocele.

Answer: Cystic dilation of the epididymal duct containing sperm.

Extra: Clinical features: Typically presents as a painless, transilluminating mass superior to the testicle. Unlike a hydrocele, a spermatocele is distinct from the testis.

Flashcard 9: The umbilical vein carries _____ blood from the _____ to the _____.

Answer: oxygenated

Flashcard 10: There are _____ umbilical arteries and 1 umbilical vein in a normal umbilical cord.

Answer: 2