Factors Affecting the Process of Labor

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Which factor affecting the process of labor refers to the power of abdominal muscles and diaphragm during bearing down efforts?

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Passages

Power (correct)

Position

In the first stage of labor, which factor influences the duration of labor?

Maternal age

Fetal size

Maternal parity (correct)

Placental position

Which physiological event during the first stage of labor is characterized by the spread of each contraction starting near the cornua before moving outwards and downwards?

Character of uterine contractions

Maternal psychological state

Psychological state of the fetus

Uterine action (correct)

Which factor affecting the process of labor may facilitate fetal descent and rotation by allowing women to change positions during labor?

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What is the primary power involved in the process of labor?

Contraction and retraction of uterine muscles Signup and view all the answers

Which uterine segment contracts strongly and retracts to expel the fetus during labor?

Upper uterine segment Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of the lower uterine segment during labor?

Dilatation Signup and view all the answers

What occurs first in the process of cervical effacement during labor?

Shortening of the cervical canal Signup and view all the answers

What characteristic defines normal uterine contractions during labor?

They increase in frequency, intensity, and duration Signup and view all the answers

What leads to the progressive shortening and thickening of the upper uterine segment?

Retraction where muscles fibers retain some shortening Signup and view all the answers

Factors Affecting the Process of Labor

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Which factor affecting the process of labor refers to the power of abdominal muscles and diaphragm during bearing down efforts?

In the first stage of labor, which factor influences the duration of labor?

Which physiological event during the first stage of labor is characterized by the spread of each contraction starting near the cornua before moving outwards and downwards?

Which factor affecting the process of labor may facilitate fetal descent and rotation by allowing women to change positions during labor?

What is the primary power involved in the process of labor?

Which uterine segment contracts strongly and retracts to expel the fetus during labor?

What is the function of the lower uterine segment during labor?

What occurs first in the process of cervical effacement during labor?

What characteristic defines normal uterine contractions during labor?

What leads to the progressive shortening and thickening of the upper uterine segment?

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