Fetal Position in Labour

Question 1

What do you call oedematous swelling on fetal scalp which crosses suture line as oedema just under the skin from pressure of the cervix. It also pits with pressure.

Answer 1

• Caput succedaneum

- Disappears, not pathological

Question 2

What is a cephalhaematoma?

Answer 2

-Swelling under the scalp due to escape of blood between skull and periosteum. Doesn’t pit, does not cross suture line. Can be due to shearing of periosteum.

Question 3

How many CM is the vertex?

Answer 3

9.5cm

Question 4

How many CM is the sinciput?

Answer 4

12.5cm

Question 5

How many CM is the brow?

Answer 5

13.5cm

Question 6

How many CM is the face?

Answer 6

9.5+cm

Question 7

What is the submentobregmatic presentation and how many CM?

Answer 7

Face and 9.5cm

Question 8

What is the verticomental presentation and how many CM?

Answer 8

Brow and 13.5cm

Question 9

What is the occipitofrontal presentation and how many CM?

Answer 9

Vertex military and 11cm

Question 10

What is occipitobregmatic presentation and how many CM?

Answer 10

Vertex flexed and 9.5cm

Question 11

How many CM between each frontal bone?

Answer 11

8cm

Question 12

How many CM between each parietal bone?

Answer 12

9.5cm

Question 13

What is the long suture called between each parietal bone?

Answer 13

Sagital suture

Question 14

What is the suture line called between each frontal bone?

Answer 14

Frontal suture

Question 15

What is the suture line called between the parietal bone and the frontal bone?

Answer 15

Coronal suture

Question 16

What is the suture line called between the occipital bone and the parietal bones?

Answer 16

Lambdoid suture