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Define "attitude."
The degree of head flexion a fetus assumes during labor, or the relation of the fetal parts to each other.
Define "breech presentation."
Fetal presentation in which either the buttocks or feet are the first body parts to contact the cervix.
Define "cardinal movements of labor."
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)
Define "cephalic presentation."
Fetal presentation in which the head is the body part that first contacts the cervix.
Define "crowning."
The appearance of the fetal head at the perineum just before birth.
Define "dilatation."
Widening of the cervix in labor.
Define "effacement."
Thinning of the cervix in labor.
Define "engagement."
Settling of the fetal head in the pelvis during labor.
Define "fetal descent."
Sinking of the fetus in the birth canal just prior to birth (one of six cardinal movements of labor).
Define "fetal position."
Relationship of the presenting part to a specific quadrant and side of a woman's pelvis.
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