Questions

1. When does miscarriage typically occur?

2. What effect does smoking have on still birth?
3. How does nicotine effect the pregnant mother?
4. What is placenta abruption?
5. What is placenta Previa?
6. Is there a link between smoking and preterm birth?
7. Can second hand smoke have an effect on the baby?
8. Why is drugs a huge effect on baby?
9. In general what does drugs do to the baby?
10.How does drug use effect the baby?
11.Can drugs pass to a baby after pregnancy?
12.What are diagnostic and screening tests?
13.What is Downs syndrome testing?
14.What is the combined test?
15.When is the combined test used?
16.What is tested for in the blood?
17.What happens if you miss the time for combined test?
18.What is the quadruple test?
19.What proteins in the blood does it look for?
20.When the screening tests come back with high risk what is next?
21.Name conditions that may be passed onto fetus and list how they may be
detected?
22.When is the second trimester testing?
23.What is integrated screening?
24.What is tested for in 1st semester?
25.What are the significance of the proteins tested in the blood tests?
26.What is genetic amniocentesis?
27.How does it get a full look at the chromosomes?
28.When is amioncentesis normally performed?
29.What is chorionic villus sampling?
30.How is it performed?
31.When can CVS be done?

32.What age is defined as a patient being at higher risk of having a child with
down syndrome?
33.What is booking date?
34.What else is provided on booking date?
35.Is the combined test optional?
36.When is sickle cell and thalassaemia testing done?
37.What is important for the pregnant mother to take without getting spina
bifida
38.Why is vitamin D important for baby?
39.Why is iron important and where is a good source of iron?
40.Why is vitamin C important in pregnancy?
41.What are the common neural tube defects?
42.When looking at inheritnece what is the chance the child will get the
condition if autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, X linked dominant,
X linked recessive?
43.How does X linked recessive work?
44.Why does X linked dominnat not occur in sons as much?
45.What are autosomes?
46.What are the 5 types of structural abnormalities?
47.What is the definition of consanguinity?
48.When does non disjunction occur?
49.How does children with downsyndrome present?
50.What negative effects does trisomy 21 have on their health?
51.What neurological problems will occur with downsyndrome?
52.What sensory problems will occur?
53.What are the main risks that are screened for in pregnant women?
54.If you get diagnosis of child with triosomy what support can be provided?
55.How can triosomy be caused?
56.When is abortions unlawful in uk?
57.What is the law regarding abortion in uk?
58.Does this law differ between countries in uk?
59.How can an abortion be carried out?
60.When would an abortion be necessary?
61.How can abortion have risk?

62.What are the mendelian patterns of inheritance?

63.Does all autosomal disorders present at birth?
64.Draw out autosomal dominant?
65.What is FAP? And how can it be passed down?
66.What is germline mosaicism?
67.How do all cancers arise?
68.What is autosomal recessive
69.What is customary consanguinity?
70.Why can some cancers not be passed onto children?
71.What type of disorder is sickle cell?
72.Where is sickle cell more prominent?
73.What is Duchene muscular dystrophy?
74.What is mitochondrial patterns of inheritance and how can it be passed?
75.What is imprinting?
76.What is chromosomal?
77.What is loose clustering?
78.When taking a family history why do you need to be cautious?
79.What is the difference between odds and probability?
80.Why is hardy Weinberg equilibrium important?
81.What is autosomal recessive?
82.