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17 Cards in this Set
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Attitude |
The degree of head flexion a fetus assumes during labor, or the relation of the fetal parts to each other. |
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Breech presentation |
fetal presentation in which either the buttock or the feet are the first body parts to contact the cervix |
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cardinal movements of labor |
position changes to keep the smallest diameter of the fetal head (in cephalic presentations) always presenting to the smallest diameter of the birth canal (descent, flexion, internal rotation, extension, eternal rotation, and expulsion) |
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cephalic presentation |
fetal presentation in which the head is the body part that first contacts the cervix |
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Crowning |
the appearance of the fetal head at the perineum just before birth |
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dilatation |
widening of the opening of the cervix in labor |
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doula |
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effacement |
thinning of the cervix in labor |
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engagement |
settling of the fetal head into the pelvis during labor |
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fetal decent |
sinking of the fetus in the birth canal just prior to birth (one of six cardinal movements of labor) |
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fetal position |
relationship of the presenting part to a specific quadrant and side of a woman's pelvis |
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Leopold maneuvers |
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lie |
the relationship between the long axis of the fetus and the long axis of the mother |
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molding |
change in shape of the fetal skull due to uterine contractions pressing the vertex against the not yet dilated cervix |
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ripening |
softening of the cervix with the approach of labor |
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station |
the relationship of the presenting part of the fetus to the level of the ischial spines |
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transition |
the end of the first stage of labor, just before the woman experiences pushing sensations |
