Chapter 15 - Nursing Care Of A Family During Labor And Birth

Front 1

Define "attitude."

Back 1

The degree of head flexion a fetus assumes during labor, or the relation of the fetal parts to each other.

Front 2

Define "breech presentation."

Back 2

Fetal presentation in which either the buttocks or feet are the first body parts to contact the cervix.

Front 3

Define "cardinal movements of labor."

Back 3

Position changes to keep the smallest diameter of the fetal head (in cephalic presentations) always presenting to the smallest diameter of the birth canal (descent, flexion, internal rotation, extension, external rotation, and expulsion)

Front 4

Define "cephalic presentation."

Back 4

Fetal presentation in which the head is the body part that first contacts the cervix.

Front 5

Define "crowning."

Back 5

The appearance of the fetal head at the perineum just before birth.

Front 6

Define "dilatation."

Back 6

Widening of the cervix in labor.

Front 7

Define "effacement."

Back 7

Thinning of the cervix in labor.

Front 8

Define "engagement."

Back 8

Settling of the fetal head in the pelvis during labor.

Front 9

Define "fetal descent."

Back 9

Sinking of the fetus in the birth canal just prior to birth (one of six cardinal movements of labor).

Front 10

Define "fetal position."

Back 10

Relationship of the presenting part to a specific quadrant and side of a woman's pelvis.

Front 11

Define "lie."

Back 11

The relationship between the long axis of the fetus and the long axis of the mother.

Front 12

Define "molding."

Back 12

Change in shape of the fetal skull due to uterine contractions pressing the vertex against the not-yet-dilated cervix.

Front 13

Define "ripening."

Back 13

Softening of the cervix with the approach of labor.

Front 14

Define "station."

Back 14

The relationship of the presenting part of the fetus of the ischial spines.

Front 15

Define "transition."

Back 15

The end of the first stage of labor, just before the woman experiences pushing sensations.