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Lie - correct answers the relationship of the long axis of the fetus to the long axis
of the uterus
Attitude - correct answers The relationship of the fetal head and limbs to the fetal
trunk.
Presentation - correct answers The part of the fetus which lies in the lower
segment of the uterus.
Denominator - correct answers A fixed point on the presenting part used to
describe position.
Position - correct answers The relationship of a denominator to the quadrants of
the maternal pelvis eg. left occipto anterior (LOA)
Engagement - correct answers The largest diameter of the presenting part has
passed through the pelvic brim. Pelvic brim widest from side to side. At the level of
the ischial spines 0 = engagement.
Station - correct answers refers to the level of presenting part in relation to the
maternal ischial spines, whihc represent the narrowest diameter through which
,the fetus must pass, +stations indicates that the presenting part of the fetus has
descended past the ischial spines.
Mechanisms of labour - correct answers Passive movements of the fetus as it
passes through the birth canal, adapting to the shape of the maternal pelvis.
Normal labour - correct answers A process by which the fetus, placenta and
membranes are expelled through the birth canal. normal labour begins
spontaneously without intervention, with the fetus presenting by the vertex-
duration 4-24hours.
Pre term labour - correct answers onset of labour before 37weeks of pregnancy.
Antenatal period - correct answers time of conception until the onset of labour.
Post Partum/Puerperium - correct answers the period taken for the reproductive
organs to return to their pregravid state which is usually six weeks following
childbirth
Gravid - correct answers pregnant
Para - correct answers this term is used to describe a woman who has produced
one or more living children
Parous - correct answers a woman who has borne one or more viable offspring
, Primigravida - correct answers a woman pregnant for the first time
Multigravida - correct answers a pregnant woman who has had previously more
than one pregnancy.
Grande Multigravida - correct answers a woman in her fourth or subsequent
pregnancy but who has not necessarily borne live children in previous pregnancies.
Primipara - correct answers a woman who has give birth to a viable infant, living or
stillborn.
Nullipara - correct answers a woman who has never given birth to a viable child
but may have been pregnant.
Multipara - correct answers a woman who has borne more than one viable infant
Grand multipara - correct answers a woman of high parity usually one who has
borne 4 or more children
Maternal morbidity - correct answers illness or injury from the time of conception
until the end of the puerperium and attributed to childbirth.
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