Module 15

Question 1

Number of different position changes to keep the smallest diameter of the fetal head

Answer 1

Mechanisms of Labor

Question 2

It is assessed by vaginal and cervical examination

Answer 2

Engagement

Question 3

The presenting part is not yet engaged

Answer 3

Floating

Question 4

Presenting part is descending but has not yet reached the ischial spines

Answer 4

Dipping

Question 5

The relationship of the presenting part of the fetus to the level of ischial spines

Answer 5

Dipping

Question 6

At the level of ischial spines

Answer 6

0

Question 7

Presenting part is ABOVE the ischial spine

Answer 7

-1 to -4

Question 8

This station indicates floating

Answer 8

-4

Question 9

Presenting part is BELOW the ischial spines

Answer 9

+1 to +4 (plus station)

Question 10

Presenting part is at the perineum

Answer 10

+3 or +4

Question 11

The presenting part/head is at the outlet

Answer 11

+4

Question 12

Downward movement of the biparietal diameter of the fetal head

Answer 12

Descent

Question 13

Fetal head extrudes beyond the dilated cervix and touches the vaginal floor

Answer 13

Full descent

Question 14

The head bend forward to the chest

Answer 14

Flexion

Question 15

Aided by abdominal muscle contraction during pushing

Answer 15

Flexion

Question 16

Occiput rotates for how mang degree

Answer 16

45°

Question 17

Internal rotation begins the the level of __________

Answer 17

Ischial spine

Question 18

It aligns the fetus in the optimum position

Answer 18

Internal rotation

Question 19

The back of the neck stops beneath the pubic arch and acts as a pivot

Answer 19

Extension

Question 20

Almost immediately after the head is born, head rotates

Answer 20

External rotation/reconstitution

Question 21

Once shoulders are born, “the rest of the body is born easily” because of its smaller size, signifying end of the 2nd stage labor

Answer 21

Expulsion

Question 22

4 methods to determine presentation, position, and lie

Answer 22

Abdominal inspection and palpation
Vaginal examination
Auscultation of the FHT
Sonography