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What is the definition of engagement in the context of normal labor?
What is the definition of engagement in the context of normal labor?
- The level of the fetus above or below the plane of the ischial spines
- The part of the fetus that occupies the lower segment or pelvis
- When the widest diameter of the fetal presenting part has passed through the pelvic inlet (correct)
- The relation between the longitudinal axis of the fetus and the longitudinal axis of the mother's uterus
What is assessed when determining station in the context of normal labor?
What is assessed when determining station in the context of normal labor?
- The relation between the longitudinal axis of the fetus and the longitudinal axis of the mother's uterus
- The part of the fetus that occupies the lower segment or pelvis
- The level of the fetus above or below the plane of the ischial spines (correct)
- The widest diameter of the fetal presenting part passing through the pelvic inlet
What is assessed abdominally to determine engagement in normal labor?
What is assessed abdominally to determine engagement in normal labor?
- The level of the fetus above or below the plane of the ischial spines
- The widest diameter of the fetal presenting part passing through the pelvic inlet (correct)
- The relation between the longitudinal axis of the fetus and the longitudinal axis of the mother's uterus
- The lowest part of the fetus palpable on vaginal examination
What is the presenting part in a cephalic presentation during normal labor?
What is the presenting part in a cephalic presentation during normal labor?
What is meant by 'lie' in the context of normal labor?
What is meant by 'lie' in the context of normal labor?
What describes the degree of flexion in a cephalic presentation during normal labor?
What describes the degree of flexion in a cephalic presentation during normal labor?
In a vertex presentation, what is the bony landmark on the presenting part used to denote the position?
In a vertex presentation, what is the bony landmark on the presenting part used to denote the position?
Which pelvic type, based on Caldwell-Malloy classification, has the largest transverse diameter at the inlet?
Which pelvic type, based on Caldwell-Malloy classification, has the largest transverse diameter at the inlet?
Which fetal part enters the birth canal when the fetal head is well flexed in a vertex presentation?
Which fetal part enters the birth canal when the fetal head is well flexed in a vertex presentation?
What is the most important maternal pelvic joint for the descent of the fetal head during labor?
What is the most important maternal pelvic joint for the descent of the fetal head during labor?
What process involves painful uterine contractions followed by dilatation and effacement of the cervix?
What process involves painful uterine contractions followed by dilatation and effacement of the cervix?
At what gestation period is a delivery considered to be within reasonable time?
At what gestation period is a delivery considered to be within reasonable time?
Which pelvic shape has an increased risk of obstructed labour due to its wider transverse diameter at the inlet?
Which pelvic shape has an increased risk of obstructed labour due to its wider transverse diameter at the inlet?
What is measured in centimeters to indicate the dilatation and stretching of the cervix during labour?
What is measured in centimeters to indicate the dilatation and stretching of the cervix during labour?
What percentage of women have an anthropoid pelvis, in which the fetal head engages in the anteroposterior diameter of the pelvis?
What percentage of women have an anthropoid pelvis, in which the fetal head engages in the anteroposterior diameter of the pelvis?
What is measured in centimeters to indicate the normal softening, thinning, and shortening of the cervix during labour?
What is measured in centimeters to indicate the normal softening, thinning, and shortening of the cervix during labour?
What is assessed abdominally to determine engagement in normal labor?
What is assessed abdominally to determine engagement in normal labor?
In a vertex presentation, what is the lowest part of the fetus palpable on vaginal examination known as?
In a vertex presentation, what is the lowest part of the fetus palpable on vaginal examination known as?
What pelvic shape has an increased risk of obstructed labor due to its wider transverse diameter at the inlet?
What pelvic shape has an increased risk of obstructed labor due to its wider transverse diameter at the inlet?
Which part of the fetus occupies the lower segment or pelvis in a cephalic presentation during normal labor?
Which part of the fetus occupies the lower segment or pelvis in a cephalic presentation during normal labor?
What is the most important maternal pelvic joint for the descent of the fetal head during labor?
What is the most important maternal pelvic joint for the descent of the fetal head during labor?
What process involves assessing the level of the denominator of the presenting part above or below the plane of the ischial spines in normal labor?
What process involves assessing the level of the denominator of the presenting part above or below the plane of the ischial spines in normal labor?
What is the denominator used to denote the position in a breech presentation?
What is the denominator used to denote the position in a breech presentation?
Which area of the fetal skull is located between the fontanelles and bounded laterally by parietal eminences?
Which area of the fetal skull is located between the fontanelles and bounded laterally by parietal eminences?
What is the root of the nose called in fetal skull anatomy?
What is the root of the nose called in fetal skull anatomy?
Which pelvic type, based on Caldwell-Malloy classification, is characterized by oval-shaped inlet with wide transverse diameter and an increased risk of obstructed labour?
Which pelvic type, based on Caldwell-Malloy classification, is characterized by oval-shaped inlet with wide transverse diameter and an increased risk of obstructed labour?
Which pelvic shape has well-curved sacrum and straight side walls, making it most favourable for delivery?
Which pelvic shape has well-curved sacrum and straight side walls, making it most favourable for delivery?