. Questions and answers on the essentials of obstetrics; Prepared especially for students of medicine. or angle of theright occipital bone. LABOR. 115 R. O. P., on the superior and anterior angle of the leftoccipital —Fronto-anterior positions, on the superior portion of themalar region, and, in some cases, upon the positions, on the superior portion of themalar region and upon the side of the —As a rule, upon the anterior thigh; it may also include the external —Upon the presenting shoulder. Mechanism of Labor. What do you mean by
. Questions and answers on the essentials of obstetrics; Prepared especially for students of medicine. or angle of theright occipital bone. LABOR. 115 R. O. P., on the superior and anterior angle of the leftoccipital —Fronto-anterior positions, on the superior portion of themalar region, and, in some cases, upon the positions, on the superior portion of themalar region and upon the side of the —As a rule, upon the anterior thigh; it may also include the external —Upon the presenting shoulder. Mechanism of Labor. What do you mean by the mechanical phenomena oflabor? * The passive movements given the foetus in its expulsion.(Parvin.) How many presentations of the foetus are given ? Five: 1. The vertex. 2. The face. ^i^- ^^ 3. The breech. 4. The right shoulder. 5. The left shoulder. How many positions aregiven for the vertex,face, and breech?Four each : 1. Left anterior. 2. Right anterior. 3. Right posterior 4. Left posterior. How many positions aregiven for each of theshoulders ? Two: An anterior and pos-terior Vertex presentation. 116 ESSENTIALS OF OBSTETRICS. What is meant by presentation ? That part of the fcBtus which is in relation with the pelvicinlet (Parvin); or That portion of the foetus which occupiesthe lower segment of the uterus (Lusk). What is meant by position ? The relation which the presenting parts of the foetus have tqcertain fixed points of the inlet (Parvin), These fixed pointsare the four cardinal points of Capuron; anteriorly, the ilio-pectineal eminences; posteriorly, the sacro-iliac joints. Thepositions of the shoulder have no relation to these points on theinlet. By what methods can the diagnosis of presentation andposition be made ? By abdominal palpation, auscultation, and vaginal touch or in-digation. How is the diagnosis of presentations made by ausculta-tion ? The uterus is divided into four parts by a transverse and a per-pendicular line. The former divides t
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