. Obstetrics for nurses. Fig. 60. Fig. 61. Fig. 62. Fig. 60.—Characteristic attitude of fetus in utero—vertex presentation. (Williams.)Fig. 61.—Face presentation—the head extended. (Williams.)Fig. 62.—Frank breech presentation. (Williams.) toward the head—franJc breech presentation, and, occasionally, one orboth feet or knees may prolapse and thus give incomplete or completefoot or knee presentations. When the long axis of the fetus crosses the long axis of the motherat approximately a right angle, we have a transverse presentation, withone or the other shoulder as the presenting part. Occasio
. Obstetrics for nurses. Fig. 60. Fig. 61. Fig. 62. Fig. 60.—Characteristic attitude of fetus in utero—vertex presentation. (Williams.)Fig. 61.—Face presentation—the head extended. (Williams.)Fig. 62.—Frank breech presentation. (Williams.) toward the head—franJc breech presentation, and, occasionally, one orboth feet or knees may prolapse and thus give incomplete or completefoot or knee presentations. When the long axis of the fetus crosses the long axis of the motherat approximately a right angle, we have a transverse presentation, withone or the other shoulder as the presenting part. Occasionally, duringpregnancy, an oblique presentation may occur, but it has little signifi-cance, mei-ely representing a transitional stage, which is eventually con-verted into a longitudinal or transverse presentation. Position is the term employed to indicate the relation between anarbitiarily chosen point on the presenting part to the right or left sideof the mother. This point is, for the vertex—the occipital
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