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Lie - Answers -the relationship of the long axis of the fetus to the long axis of the uterus
Attitude - Answers -The relationship of the fetal head and limbs to the fetal trunk.
Presentation - Answers -The part of the fetus which lies in the lower segment of the
uterus.
Denominator - Answers -A fixed point on the presenting part used to describe position.
Position - Answers -The relationship of a denominator to the quadrants of the maternal
pelvis eg. left occipto anterior (LOA)
Engagement - 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 - 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 - Answers -Passive movements of the fetus as it passes through
the birth canal, adapting to the shape of the maternal pelvis.
Normal labour - 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 - Answers -onset of labour before 37weeks of pregnancy.
Antenatal period - Answers -time of conception until the onset of labour.
Post Partum/Puerperium - Answers -the period taken for the reproductive organs to
return to their pregravid state which is usually six weeks following childbirth
Gravid - Answers -pregnant
, Para - Answers -this term is used to describe a woman who has produced one or more
living children
Parous - Answers -a woman who has borne one or more viable offspring
Primigravida - Answers -a woman pregnant for the first time
Multigravida - Answers -a pregnant woman who has had previously more than one
pregnancy.
Grande Multigravida - Answers -a woman in her fourth or subsequent pregnancy but
who has not necessarily borne live children in previous pregnancies.
Primipara - Answers -a woman who has give birth to a viable infant, living or stillborn.
Nullipara - Answers -a woman who has never given birth to a viable child but may have
been pregnant.
Multipara - Answers -a woman who has borne more than one viable infant
Grand multipara - Answers -a woman of high parity usually one who has borne 4 or
more children
Maternal morbidity - Answers -illness or injury from the time of conception until the end
of the puerperium and attributed to childbirth.
Maternal mortality - Answers -death from the time of cenception until the time
completion of the puerperium and attributed to childbirth.
Viable - Answers -capable of independent life
neonatal period - Answers -pertains to the first four weeks after birth
upper uterine segment - Answers -the upper part of the uterus in pregnancy developed
from the body.
lower uterine segment - Answers -lower part of the uterus in pregnancy developed from
the isthmus and cervix
braxton hicks contractions - Answers -contractions in the uterus during pregnancy which
are painless.
retraction - Answers -the process of permanent and pregressive shortening of the
muscles of the uterus which accompanies contractions during labour- to dilate the
cervix, to expel the fetus and to expel the uterus, membranes and to control bleeding.
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