Labor
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Occurs when the presenting part of the fetus has settled into the pelvis at the level of the ischial spines.
The shortening and thinning of the cervical canal.
Membrane-covered spaces at the junction of the main suture lines.
The degree of flexion the fetus assumes or the relation of the fetal parts to each other.
The change in shape of the fetal skull produced by the force of uterine contractions pressing the vertex against the closed cervix.
A series of events by which uterine contractions expel the fetus and placenta from a women's body.
A ridge on the inner uterine surface representing the boundary between the thick active and thinner inactive portions of the uterus.
The addition of a sterile fluid into the pregnant uterus.
Irregular uterine cramps, which may signal the impending onset of true labor.
Supplied by the fundus of the uterus and suplemented by abdominal muscles;results in the expulsion of the fetus from the uterus.
The appearance of the presenting part of the fetus at the opening of the vagina.
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