Question 289 · LEK · Abnormal head presentation
The main features of labour in the occiput posterior position are:
- A. the denominator - the area of the posterior fontanelle, the engaging diameter-suboccipito-bregmatic.
- B. the denominator - the area of the anterior fontanelle, the engaging diameter-suboccipito-bregmatic.
- C. the denominator - the forehead area, the engaging diameter-suboccipito-bregmatic.
- D. the denominator - the nape of the neck, the engaging diameter-suboccipito-bregmatic.
- E. the denominator - the forehead area, the engaging diameter-the fronto-occipital diameter.
Hint
In flexed vertex presentations, including occiput posterior, the leading point is the same as in normal labour.
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