Module 13 Part 2 Flashcards
What fetal attitude: the chin is not touching the chest
Moderate flexion
What fetal attitude: the chin touches the sternum
Normal or good attitude
What fetal attitude: presents the smallest ap diameter of the skull
Normal or good attitude
What fetal attitude: presents the brow
Partial extension
Another name for complete extension
Poor flexion
What fetal attitude: the back arched, neck extended
Complete extension
What fetal attitude: face presentation; in oligohydramnios
Complete extension
Settling of the presenting part of the fetus
Fetal engagement
Midpoint of the pelvis
Ischial spine
What diameter is used for breech presentation
Intertrochanteric Diameter
If the presenting part is not yet engaged
Floating
Presenting part is descending but has not yeat reached the ischial spine
Dipping
The relationship of the presenting part of the fetul to the level of ischial spines
Station
What station: at the level of ischial spines
0 station
0 station is synonymous to _____
Engagement
Presenting part is above the ischial spines
-1 to -4 (minus station)
Presenting part is below the ischial spines
+1 to +4 (plus stations)
The presenting part is in the perineum and can be seen in vulva separated
+3 +4 (Crowning)
The relationship between the long axis of the fetal body and the long axis of the womans body
Fetal lie
This lie is either cephalic or breech
Longitudinal lie
This lie has a shoulder presentation
Transverse lie
It is the first body part of the fetus to enter the true pelvis and also the first to come out during delivery
Fetal presentation
Most frequent fype of presentation
Cephalic presentation
The fetal head is the 1st body part that will contact the cervix
Cephalic presentation
4 types of cephalic presentation
Vertex
Brow
Face
Mentum
What is the ideal type of cephalic presentation
Vertex presentation
Either the buttocks or the feet are the 1st body parts that will make contact with the cervix
Breech presentation
What attitude: fetal knees are up against the umbilicus
Good attitude
What attitude: knees are flexed
Poor attitude
3 types of breeches
Complete (good flexion)
Frank (moderate flexion)
Footling (very poor flexion)
In a transverse lie, presenting part is the shoulder
Shoulder presentation
What causes the shoulder presentation
Relaxed abdominal walls
Pelvic contraction
Placents previa
More than 1 body presentation
Compound presentation
